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Learning Other Instruments

I have a 9 year old daughter who is learning the violin traditionally. She is doing really well with SM piano but struggling with the violin. It is a chore to get her to practice. Or maybe it’s because I find her songs and lessons…

More on Managing Fast-Moving Students

I have a new adult private student with previous experience. She has had 4 lessons. I taught Dreams and Night the first lesson and told her she’d probably feel like going ahead but I wanted her to wait. Well, second lesson she came back and…

Managing Fast-moving Students

I have an experienced student who is 9 years old and has been playing for about 4-5 years in a traditional method. Reading is fair, but he has been playing by ear for years and his overall ability and absorption rate, in this area, is…

Student Requests to Play Other Songs

I have a student who has just started F2, had done 4 arrangements. She is learning a few other instruments as well. She is a fast learner, able to play the new songs hands together immediately after I show her. She has asked me to…

Students’ Concerns About Appropriateness of the Program

Hi all, One of my students has mentioned that she, and her class mate, have talked together about how their classes have been going. She mentioned that not to take over class time she will send me an email and if I can respond. Before…

Adults Claiming Territory

I apologize if this has already been covered on the Forum before but I have a difficult situation with a new adult student I need to resolve. This new student is in a group of four and has 6 years previous experience as a child/teen.…

Answering Questions about Comparisons

A new teacher recently asked how to respond to questions about how Simply Music compares to Suzuki or to other methods.   Sometimes, people ask me about a particular method that I don’t know much about so I try to keep my answer simple.  …

Dual Enrollment with SM and traditional

I have an eight-year-old homeschooled student who recently completed a Living Social four-week workshop. The mother herself learned piano with traditional method, but she likes Simply Music, and is interested in enrolling the daughter with me in shared lessons. This student had a semester of…

Traditional Method vs. Simply Music

I had an adult come for a FIS today. He was very eager to start piano and has never had piano lessons or played any kind of instrument before. He said that he felt it would be something fun to do and that he saw…

My Perspective As A Licensed Suzuki Teacher

I am a Licensed Suzuki Teacher, and would like to tell you more about what that involves. I would also like to clear up any misconceptions. The Suzuki organization offers teacher training courses for each level of each instrument for which they have developed a…