How Come We Try to Squeeze so Much Out of So Little?
I believe it is a scientific fact that the closer we get to the end of the toothpaste tube - the more that humans try to squeeze that last little bit out.
I've been thinking - do tend to do that with my piano studio? Like how, do you ask?
For me, three basic ways:
TIME
6 Steps to Confident Recitals – A Free Resource for Piano Teachers
It’s three weeks before your recital. One student CANNOT remember to bow, another panics when you remove the music from the music rack, and one of your best students keeps rushing the tempo no matter what you have tried.
You’ve scheduled the recital venue. You’ve planned refreshments. You have typed the recital program and checked it. Why won’t these students get with it and learn their music?
You are not alone. I’ve been there. I remember once - I had one of my best students go to the piano during a recital and she could not remember where to put her hands! And she was in junior high! I vowed then and there that I needed a SYSTEM (and this was before this word came into vogue) to turn my students into CONFIDENT performers.
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