prior experience

I know this is an old thread, but I too have struggled with the student with prior experience. While I agree with introducing C& I, Arrangements, and Accomp, and boning up with the Reading rhythm and notes, my question is this: Do you still have…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, claiming territory, comp and improv, prior experience, reading, students that already read music, traditional students

I have a student who will be starting with 8 years experience, not a great reader, usually reads just enough to figure out a piece and then just plays it from memory. I need to know how to excel an advanced student. Does one still…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, group lessons, lesson ideas, lesson planning, prior experience

I’ve been having more attrition than I’m used to among students. Two, I think, are a temporary hiatus, and two others were over-committed in their lives and needed to rearrange something. I know I can’t take it personally when a student decides to leave, but…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Long Term Relationship, LTR, prior experience, relationship conversation, studio setup, transitioning into SM

I have an advanced 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 is staggering. I’m starting…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Accompaniment‏, advanced student, arrangements, prior experience, traditional lessons, transitioning students

I have just come on board. I have taught private piano lessons for 25 years. I found out about Simply Music through an article in the paper about a new teacher in Des Moines. I got on the web site, gave her a call, sat…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• Free Introductory Sessions, prior experience, traditional students, transitioning students

I have a mom and her 12 yr old son sharing a lesson.  I notice she progresses quite a bit slower than him. They are up to Fur Elise in Level 1.  It took her quite awhile to get Family Dreams relatively smooth and Bishop…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, Family Dreams, group lessons, prior experience, shared lessons

I have a couple of teenagers (16 and 17) that have years of previous experience and have been with Simply Music since summer ’09. They both catch on easily and are wonderfully capable of going forward.  However, neither of them are keeping their playlist alive and…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• life coaches, Playlist, practice, previous experience, prior experience, teenagers

I had a 79-year-old lady who is a traditional teacher, sign up for lessons with me so that she could learn herself and then go home and teach her grandkids using this method.  Her 89-year-old friend also signed up, and I put them together in…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• adult students, arrangements, claiming territory, coaching, moving ahead on the video, prior experience, shared lessons, students who move ahead, traditional experience

I would like to get some thoughts on a situation that just occurred…. a parent called me today to inquire about lessons. Her daughter has had about 5 years of traditional lessons, but quit about a year ago. Her sight-reading skills are very weak. Her…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• claiming territory, following the curriculum, prior experience, teenagers, traditional lessons, trusting the method