Friday, March 20, 2015

How To Teach Exciting Piano Lessons For All Ages

By Lelia Hall


It is surely not easy to become a teacher. This is especially true if you are try to teach people how to play specific music instruments. Your patience will be tested. It is also expected of you to be prepared to teach students no matter what age bracket they belong to. If you are instructing piano lessons, you need to be able to accommodate them.

You should be able to effectively teach the students. There are tips that you can use to help you on that front. These tips are easy to follow and they make it easier for both you and your student to get to work. Here are some of the tips that you can remember when you are teaching students how to play music instruments.

First, it is recommended that you do not ask questions if you do not wish answers for them. Questions like if the students liked this or if they wish to play by themselves should not be asked since you are just giving them the chance to say otherwise. It would be better to phrase these questions as statements.

Give the students time to think, especially when you are asking questions. You have to wait for them to process the question you asked and then compose a response about it. Do not just go right on without getting an answer from them. Especially if you are teaching young children, you need to give them time to think.

When teaching, it is only a given for you to assign them some activities and tasks. These activities and tasks should be something that they can finish on their own. When they finish these activities and tasks, they will have more confidence in themselves. They can see that they are also progressing in every session.

When you are instructing them, you will also have to give them instructions. When giving the instructions, make sure to utilize concise instructions. The students really listen well when their teacher gives them instructions using few choice words at a time. It makes it less difficult for students to know what to do that way.

You have to become a motivator. As a teacher, the main job that you have to do is to motivate them to love music. You do not just give the students the opportunity to learn various concepts in music. You also have to motivate them to learn about it. Becoming a motivator is one of the main goals you need to set for yourself.

Encourage activities that allow the students to move around. Sitting activities are good but you should break it up every now and then. The students need to move as much as they can so that they can maintain their motivation. You cannot expect them to maintain their concentration when you do not give them tasks where they can move around.

Model curiosity. Try to give off the feeling that everything in your session is an experiment. You have to make the lesson sound exciting and that there is something new to learn. You can easily capture their attention that way. More than that, it is an effective method to nurture the student's love of learning.




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