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Re: teaching lessons

Author: olewannabe88
Date: 2006-01-15 04:19

Thank you all, I will try the suggestions. I think I need to focus a lot on just the basics, despite how long they've been playing (around 3-4 years). I've had them try to play a chromatic scale and they don't even know all the notes in the low register.
The biggest problem is just that they are 8th graders, at the age where they think they are "too cool" for band. And they will register for high school courses within the next month, but I highly doubt that they will be continuing with band.
Right now I mainly have to spend our lessons working on their band music because they don't know it and don't practice. It's also hard because I only teach them every other week. Also, these two are best friends, and when the mom of one called me to schedule lessons, she was under the impression that I would teach them both at the same time. Still getting paid for two half hour lessons, but just together. We compromised and do fifteen minutes all together and then fifteen each apart, which obviously isn't enough time to get much accomplished. But I do try and will continue to try.

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