Teaching – Page 9
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DebateIs an emphasis on competitiveness killing conservatoire students' joy in music making?
Are conservatoires fostering an atmosphere of joyful music making and generosity among peers? After attending two very contrasting concerts Charlotte Gardner believes more could be done to achieve this
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Article
Flying high: an El Sistema inspired music education programme in China
Inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema, China’s Wings of Music aims to bring dignity and self-belief to some of the country’s most deprived children. Nancy Pellegrini reports in this article from 2013
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Video
Henning Kraggerud's Musical Calendar
In this video, recorded over the course of 2016, Norwegian violinist and composer Henning Kraggerud and his then nine-year-old daughter Alma play his Musical Calendar. Composed as a Christmas gift to friends and family in 1992, the Musical Calendar features a duet for each month of the year. ...
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Sightreading is a skill that should be taught early
A student’s earliest engagement with note reading is the right time to introduce sightreading, argues Naomi Yandell
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Making the most of one hour of practice
The Strad’s panel of experts answer your string teaching questions for the Teacher Talk series
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What is the best scale system for string students?
The Strad's panel of teaching experts answer reader questions as part of the magazine's Teacher talk series
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Debate
Should music tuition revolve around passing exams?
Toby Deller argues that young instrumental players should be inspired by fulfilling experiences
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How do you choose instrumental repertoire for a student?
The Strad's panel of experts answer string teaching questions from readers as part of our Teacher Talk series
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What technical exercise has brought you the swiftest results?
The Strad's pel of experts answer string teaching questions from readers as part of our Teacher Talk series
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Should vibrato exercises be practised separately from the repertoire?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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The importance of using analogy in instrumental music teaching
Analogy in music teaching is useful, but it is especially powerful when it is personalised or self-generated, argues Naomi Yandell
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'Popper's cello studies force you to know the fingerboard inside out'
The cellist and Boston Conservatory chair of strings considers the value of the composer's etudes
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Ask the Experts: can beginner violin lessons be given by a cellist?
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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Blogs
Dysmusia - how dyslexic research and therapy can overcome difficulties in reading music notation
Cellist and language therapist Dr Elizabeth Morrow describes developmental dysmusia - an inability to read a musical score - and offers guidance for teachers in overcoming the difficulty
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Debate
Group instrumental lessons can provide opportunities not offered by one-to-one teaching
Group music tuition is becoming more and more common in schools out of financial necessity, but if handled correctly, this can yield positive results, says Da Capo Music Foundation principal Jane Cutler
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The teaching of Dorothy DeLay - by violinists Itzhak Perlman, Stephen Clapp and Brian Lewis
Shortly after the legendary Juilliard School violin professor died in 2002, pupils and colleagues paid tribute to her teaching magic
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Russian cellist Karine Georgian remembers lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich
An intense seven-year period of study at the Moscow Conservatoire was hugely influential
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Should violin shops and luthiers be more welcoming to young learners?
If violin dealers and makers welcome young learners, they can inspire their playing dreams and gain potentially lifelong customers in return, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in music education Philippa Bunting
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Are lesson plans helpful for one-to-one instrumental lessons?
Now ubiquitous in the British education system, lesson plans are good for ticking boxes but tend to get in the way in one-to-one teaching, argues Naomi Yandell
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How to nurture a musical prodigy
Early public exposure and adulation can overwhelm highly gifted youngsters. Catherine Nelson talks to expert teachers about how they help prodigies cope
