extra practice time

I wonder if anybody is offering an extra “drop in hour” for extra support to students? I was thinking, perhaps 10 minute time slots. I believe I heard reference to this on one of the recent calls with Neil and thought it was a great…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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Two questions: 1) How do practice requirements change through the foundation levels? Level one is 15-20 minutes, but as their repertoire grows, it would seem they need more time to keep everything alive and also with the addition of multiple streams and songs getting more complicated. 2)…

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I received the following note about a student of mine. She’s been taking 12 lessons and has just started Level 2 and we’ve done about every arrangement. She comes back every week 100% prepared. I think she’s come back one time in the 12 lessons…

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