A resource for visiting music tutors on teaching small groups.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
The first question with warm-ups is: why should my students warm up? The simple answer is that it will make them better musicians.
Paul White Teaching Materials
To forge a career in music, you have to possess an excellent internal metronome: you need to have developed an ability to feel the pulse of a piece of music, and to subconsciously count in your head...
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
I’ve attended many training sessions and professional development courses where I’ve been given a lot of contradictory advice about teaching beginners.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
A resource looking at how we can incorporate Christmas music into our teaching.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
In this resource, we will explore the benefits of strong sightreading and look at how we can demystify it, recast it in a positive light, and integrate it into our teaching – rather than pigeon-holing...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
How can we approach teaching so that musical understanding develops hand in hand with technique? Is it even possible to teach expressive playing, or is there an ‘x-factor’ that is innate in only a...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
The environment in which you teach can have a huge impact on the quality, effectiveness and enjoyment of your lessons. Being a visiting music teacher can involve rather unpredictable and challenging...
Richard Barnard VMT
In part 2 of this two-part resource (Music Teacher, January 2021), I will look at further development of reading skills and musicianship, learning pieces with understanding, and amassing a bank of...
Edward Maxwell Extra-curricular music
There’s no denying the fact that there are a lot of guitarists who can’t read music. (I’d like to stress that this is focused more on electric or acoustic guitarists, rather than ones who are...
Paul White Peripatetic Teaching
In this resource, I’ll be looking at how we can reflect on our approach to teaching and stimulate ourselves to do better. However experienced we are, and however good a teacher we might think we are,...
Edward Maxwell Extra-curricular music
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down, professionally and personally. This is a brief and by no means comprehensive overview of some of the online resources that can enhance our...
Edward Maxwell Extra-curricular music