Hi Folks, You need to keep in mind that adults are often new students to most teachers. You have to educate them, for no one else can or does. You have both...
Matthew Harre
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May 2, 2007 2:53 am
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Hi Matthew: Thanks for your input. I want to clear up that I didn't mean anybody should lie. Nobody likes insincerity. Rather, as you mentioned, find something...
Hello everyone, Since it was me who re-kindled the issue, may I add a word. I was, of course, not thinking of faked praise when I spoke of motivation. The...
Karl-Heinz Isleif
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May 2, 2007 11:49 am
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Personally, I don't want praise for the sake of praise. I just want to know that the teacher is on my side. I am fortunate in that I have found a teacher who...
Sorry about not being able to respond before, Klavierneuling. The first thing that struck me when I read your reaction to my post (the "much applauded") is...
Hello Winterfiddle, There was a message: "I am really struggling with motivation..." And a reply, which began: "Sometimes you don't motivate - you just do..." ...
klavierneuling
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May 5, 2007 6:08 pm
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Yes, I can see where you're coming from. When I read your response, I looked at my own message and saw that I had not addressed motivation. No offence taken,...
Hello everyone, Just joined this group and just wanted to say hello. As an adult music student, I am finding that I am more motivated then I was as an ...
Hello Joe, Welcome! I certainly know what you mean about frustration with finding time. I've been mostly just a lurker on this forum for months because of too...
Hi Meg Info Wisdom and encouragement is exactly what I need. Which is why I am grateful to be part of this group. I am also grateful to have found a wonderful...
Good luck, Joe. I know that one of the things I need to learn is to play in front of people I don't necessarily know. Our church has an amateur pianists'...
Actually my teacher just teaches more to keep herself occupied I think, she has small kids to look after, so the lessons are pretty reasonable $$$ wise. I...
Just my two cents... What I find frustrating sometimes is that I practice but that is it, I am not yet able to actually sit and play a piece of music (well ok,...
I agree. If you think about it, if the only time you sit down at a piano is to practice (or have a lesson), it is nothing but work; and most humans tend to...
I think that is an important point. I struggled hard to learn two or three short pieces, not always without mistakes, but at least to a level I can accept....
Karl-Heinz Isleif
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May 10, 2007 2:32 pm
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I have the same struggling problem with trying to decipher the notes and hit the right key, only my teacher, if I hit the wrong key, will say "no, the other C"...
My teacher does the same thing! It makes me feel pressured. I think he is trying to help, but it doesn't help because the problem is that my fingers don't know...
Ah it is nice to see that I am not the only one having some problems with this singing lark! I like Laura's suggestion about having the piece a bit beforehand...
Hello everyone, Your discussions on memory lapses some time back made me revisit the issue in my own mind. I have just added a new article on the subject. I...
Matthew Harre
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Jun 3, 2007 6:52 pm
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I can't find the article on your website. Help! Pat In a message dated 6/4/2007 10:35:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, musicalfossils@yahoogroups.com writes: Hello...
Hello Everyone, I've gotten a few messages asking where to find the new article on Memory Lapses. When an article is added it will always appear in the...
Mr Harre, Thank you for posting the article about memory....I read it one about memorizing pieces and groaned....BUT....I listened to what you said and tonight...
hello--I'm a new (42 yr old) learner of music. I live in PhoenixAZ. I've tried in the past to learn to play music (piano, guitar, harmonica) all with no...
Hello all! I am a newbie to this web site, having discovered it while surfing. I play violin with a community orchestra, and in a string quartet. However, my...
I am a great believer that everybody has it in them to learn an instrument. I can relate to the PTSD and trauma of medical issues. Perhaps the stresses you...
thank you...I'd seen a site that sold some of P.Kahl's 'zhengs: they're beautiful. I've really enjoyed reading the posts/articles here. I just found, in...
Tom, I'm not from Chicago, but I just returned from 4 days at Adult Piano Camp at the Music Institute of Chicago (an experience I'll write more about later...
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