using practice pads

I’ve read in Kat M.’s post about travelling. So, here’s a question to all INTERNATIONALLY travelling teachers. I’m travelling in Europe for a month in the summer and the airline charges an arm and a leg if I took a keyboard. How do you travel…

• Last updated 11 months ago
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Looking for some advice…I have student who stutters everytime he starts to play. He’ll replay his starting note numerous times before finally getting into the song. Once he gets going, he plays well. But if there’s a break in his playing, or the start of…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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A student is on a 6-week road trip. His mom just texted, “My piano player has been missing his piano. It is his coping mechanism when the world gets overwhelming. I didn’t realize how much piano helps him. Do you know of general places–besides music…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I have been teaching for over 4 years now, and it had never occurred to me to use the practice pads in the Private Lessons.  After the presentation Samali gave at our conference here in Western Australia on the use of these, it absolutely brought…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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