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What Taylor Swift Can Teach Music Teachers
Billboard recently ranked country darling Taylor Swift as the top music-industry earner in the past year, beating out veterans like U2 and shoo-ins like Adele. The annual “Top 40 Money Makers” list...
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Music Recitals
Break out the flip flops and gardening gloves – today marks the the first day of Spring! Which also means: teachers, it’s time to start planning your Spring recital! Planning the perfect recital...
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Mind Your (Music) Business: Teacher Networking 101
How often do you network or trade resources with other teachers? The old cliche claiming it’s all “who you know” certainly rings true for most career paths these days, but it can be especially helpful...
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The Lessons I’ve Learned from Teaching
Teachers – we’ve all been there. Even though your job is to teach your students, often we leave the experience having learned a lesson ourselves. It’s a cycle that continues with each class, year or...
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Using Audiation as a Key to Learning Music
We know what you’re thinking: what the heck is audiation? Most musicians use the skill every day, even if you have no idea what it is. Read on and Boulder teacher Will S. will explain what it means,...
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Teaching Tips: The Ultimate Recital Survival Guide
Whether you’re a brand new music teacher planning your first recital or a seasoned veteran, you know music recitals are important to help your students learn to perform and share their talents. You...
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Teaching Tips: The Power of Positive Language
Teaching can be tough work sometimes, especially if your students lose steam when they run into difficulties. Luckily, there is a simple linguistic trick you can learn to turn “mistakes” into “learning...
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Are You Missing This Key to Musical Motivation?
The mystery of student motivation has had parents, teachers, and students scratching their heads for centuries. Why is one student driven to practice, perform, and perfect playing an instrument while...
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Teaching Tips: Help Students Learn Smarter
Teachers, when your student asks a question do you immediately give them the answer? Music teacher Peggy J. shares her teaching tips for guiding students to solutions instead of handing them an easy...
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Tips for Traveling with Your Instrument
With the holidays approaching, many musicians, music students, and music teachers are starting to make their travel plans. Sure, you’ve got plane tickets and turkey on your mind, but don’t forget about...
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50 Perfect Quotes About Music
Sometimes, the most satisfying thing about hearing quotes from famous figures is realizing that a great mind shared the same thoughts and feelings as you. Geniuses, they’re just like us! When it comes...
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Are You a Good Music Teacher, or a Great Music Teacher?
As a music teacher, you’ve got big shoes to fill, whether your student wants to someday play at Carnegie Hall or headline a music festival like Bonnaroo. We’ve discussed the integral characteristics of...
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What Taylor Swift Can Teach Music Teachers
Billboard recently ranked country darling Taylor Swift as the top music-industry earner in the past year, beating out veterans like U2 and shoo-ins like Adele. The annual “Top 40 Money Makers” list...
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[Teacher Tips] How to Supercharge Your Profile & Get New Students this...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… the holidays will be here before you know it! In this post, Keenan R. from our Teacher Support team will show you how to maximize your time and efforts — and...
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The Ultimate Guide to Online Teaching
South_agency / E+ / Getty Images The TakeLessons team is here to help teachers transition to online lessons. Our signature online learning platform was created to ensure that teachers and students can...
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Lessons With Jimi: Tips for Teaching a Piano Student with Alzheimer’s
The following story comes from piano teacher Windy C. in St. Petersburg, Florida. Last fall, Windy began the challenging journey of teaching piano lessons to a student with...
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5 Stages for Introducing Music to Children
Guido Mieth / Stone / Getty Images It’s never too early to introduce your children to music. From the womb, music is a great way to bond with your baby and start the journey of introducing them to the...
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