Good Music Academy

Practice with my own daughter has been a struggle. After chatting with fellow Suzuki teacher Chris Mincer (who has no online presence, otherwise I'd link him), he reminded me of the importance of using what I call "Depersonalizing Language".

There's many ways to do it. My favorite is saying "Have your brain tell your finger to go there" rather than "You need to put your finger there".

After practice, my kiddo said "I wish everyone in the world had a guitar!" So that was a major win.

(now, will it work again tomorrow? we'll see)

I’ve had a weekly “dad joke” that I share with kids at the start of the lesson. It’s only fitting that one of my students got me Chocolate Moose for Christmas.

It's that time of year again; Practice Bingo!

Turkey Trotting Whole Step Exercise!