repetition Archives - Piano Parent Podcast

27 Aug 2018

PPP107: The First 24 Hours – Teacher Chat with Dawn Ivers and Becki Laurent

Podcast, Teacher ChatBecki Laurent, Brain development, Dawn Ivers, Forgetting Curve, Jelly Jam, repetition, Teacher Chat, Texas Music Teachers Association, The first 24 hours

PPP107: The First 24 Hours - Teacher chat with Dawn Ivers and Becki Laurent Today's episode brings you not one, but two teachers! Today, Becki Laurent, Dawn Ivers and I chat about the topic of practice and the value students receive when they practice within 24 hours of their piano lesson.Becki and Dawn are not strangers to the podcast. You can hear their previous episodes here:Becki LaurentEpisode 037: Teacher Interview with Becki LaurentEpisode 046: Our Favorite Music Education Apps with Becki LaurentDawn IversEpisode 061: The Importance of a Good Practice Environment with Piano Teacher, Dawn IversEpisode 080: Ten Books to…

04 Jun 2018

By Shelly Davis

PPP095: Repetition – Remapping Your Brain

Podcast, Practicing and MotivationArt & Fear, Brain, Mozart and the Fighter Pilot, neural connections, quality versus quantity, repetition

Image source Disclaimer: I am not a neurologist or a brain expert. (My family can testify!) These are simply my observations about what I've read concerning the way our brain makes neural connections and how that applies to piano lessons for our children. Repetition is a very valuable part of learning. This is true for anything you learn and it is especially true for our piano kids learning to play the piano and learning new music. Is once enough? Many students think they are successful if they can make it through to the end of their piece....ONCE! When I was…

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