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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Aural Training, Piano Lessons

The Essential Skills of Sight Reading and Aural

Sight reading and aural skills are essential components of being a good musician. It is so important to develop these skills, and not to concentrate solely on performance skills. Good sight reading and good aural gives you access to any music, any time, for life. Good sight reading is a skill that eludes many a […]

Posted on February 28, 2011April 26, 2016 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
Music Lessons

How Much Practice is Enough? Part 1

Studies show that if you invest 10,000 hours of practice into pretty much any field, you will be a master in that field. This applies to musicians, sportsmen, chess players, computer geeks, anyone. This comes from a book called ‘Outliers – The Story of Success’ by the economist Malcolm Gladwell. It’s a fascinating book that […]

Posted on February 16, 2011May 3, 2016 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
Piano Lessons

The Inherited Student – Delight or Disaster?

In my recent workshop tour I presented a session with the above title, which seems to be rather a ‘hot topic’ amongst piano teachers I have mentioned this to! The idea for this topic came to me mainly due to the fact that I happened to inherit a few students last year. I found that […]

Posted on February 14, 2011April 26, 2016 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment

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