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In previous chapters, we discussed different styles of practice and the preparation before practice. Here we will talk more about the "bad habits"...

One day, a retired student said he composed 12 songs and drew 12 pictures for his granddaughter and planned to give this present to her 1st birthd...

This exercise is related to our activities introduced before, e.g. strength of finger and hand coordination. Key speed is one of the elements to c...

Besides the technique and posture, aural training is another "main course" in an instrumental lesson. Good sense of pitches can accelerate the pro...

Video exam is very common recently as face-to-face exam has been suspended for a while. In video exam, scales, sight-reading and aural are not req...

Palm is like a home to support your fingers. If it collapses, the flexibility of fingers will be lowered. In order to let students know how to sup...

This student has been playing violin for many years. He plays piano for leisure only and never practices any piano techniques. One day, his parent...

Besides working so hard on the techniques, building the sense of aesthetics is very crucial in music education also.  "Do you usually listen to mus...

James is an active, energetic and smart student, so I let him try this piece from 20th Century which is one of this pieces in grade 6 exam. His ch...

Students seldom notice their frequency of breathing when playing piano. They just pay so much attention on the notes and rhythms. But breathing is...

We have introduced few exercises to practice our coordination and flexibility of hands and fingers. In this chapter, we will introduce an exercise...

In the previous chapters, we shared some tips to train student's coordination and muscles. Here we are going to focus on fingers and share a simpl...