Archive for June, 2007
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Teaching beat and rhythm
As a classroom or private string teacher, you will encounter students with varying levels of comprehension of beat and rhythm. Even students with a significant amount of musical training (perhaps on the piano or other instrument) may not accurately understand the difference between beat and rhythm.
I usually begin a discussion on beat and rhythm by […]
An article everyone should read
I recently read an article that was printed in the Washington Post about a “social experiment” set up in New York’s subway. The author of the article had the idea to place a professional musician in the subway station and see how many people stopped to listen. Well, he not only got a […]
Monday, June 25th, 2007Getting Started
Many new string teachers (often with much expertise in their instrument), find it overwhelming to teach a brand new student. This guide to teaching strings can help teachers organize all of the skills that need to be taught so that nothing is left out. All of these skills should be taught before the […]