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Students who struggle with remembering hand positions

Some of my students struggle with hand positions (remembering where to put their hands) and others have no problem with it. I’m usually pretty good at self-diagnosis but not this time. What is this? For many of my students, the ones who practice consistently have…

Slow progress

I suspect that one of my students (9 years old) may have some learning disability as she is learning slower than I have every witnessed through she is really enjoying the process very much. Her family are refugees from Africa so I suspect some form…

Helping Students Remember Starting Positions

As a means of helping my students remember where to put their hands, for the start of each song, I play a game that works really well. With their printed keyboards on their laps, I say a particular song and they put their hands on…