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How to Help Young Students Enjoy Practicing

Lora
By Lora
Wednesday, May 22nd 2019

After several years of teaching adults and children to play the violin, I’ve discovered a striking difference in the way that adults and children approach the idea of practicing.

When adults start taking music lessons, they usually have a goal in mind. They want to learn to play their favorite songs, or be able to play in church. These goals make them intrinsically motivated to practice. When life gets busy, many adult students lament over their decrease in practice time.

What’s the best reason for not practicing?

magesh magesh
Friday, May 10th 2019

....there isn’t one!

Howdy folks! My name is Magesh, I’m a professional drummer/drum teacher from Australia.

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Lessonface Updated

Claire Cunningham
Friday, May 10th 2019

Today's update should further improve the site speed and other functionality.

If you find any ideas of how we can continue to improve, run into issues, or have immediate concerns don't hesitate to reach out to us!

Thanks for your patience as we improve the site.

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How to make your violin practice time more effective

Lora
By Lora
Friday, April 19th 2019

Practicing efficiently is a learned skill. Just like you learn to use slurs or vibrato, a violinist must also learn how to practice.

Lessonface free music practice log

Track Your Practice with Our Practice Log

Flavio Lira
Monday, April 15th 2019

Lessonface has created a new optional perk for students: a practice log to help track your daily practice!

Print Your Own Practice Log Template

Easily download the free and easy-to-print practice log template page and notate the practice times by pen or pencil or with stickers.

Kids with a guitar

Guitar 101 for Parents of New Guitarists

Leah Kruszewski
Monday, April 1st 2019

Do you have a young child who just can't wait to start online guitar lessons this fall?  Students age five to seven need more parental involvement than most, especially at the beginning.  Learn these fundamentals so that you can help your child start off right.

Sign Up for the Lessonface Spring Recitals

Claire Cunningham
Friday, March 15th 2019

Join in for the Lessonface spring recitals in June. We have a few different dates and times of day to accomodate students' various time zones and schedules. Those details and more are in the sign up form.

Please sign up here to participate!

Hopefully it goes without saying, but just in case you're wondering -- there is no fee for participating in the recitals and all current Lessonface students are invited to take part. 

Leah Kruszewski, teacher of the year

Lessonface Teacher of the Year for 2018

Claire Cunningham
Tuesday, February 12th 2019

Most popular teacher per instrument in 2018:

Acoustic Guitar (and most popular overall)
Leah Kruszewski

Banjo
Chris Roszell

Bass Guitar
Yonit Spiegelman

Clarinet upgrades

Affordable upgrades for the beginner clarinetist

Liz Ramirez
Wednesday, February 6th 2019

Often it’s the smallest changes that can lead to the biggest improvements. This kind of change can be made using three affordable equipment upgrades I recommend for any beginner clarinetist (these are also great upgrades for anyone who wants higher quality basic equipment). The main outcome of each of these upgrades is more ease of playing and aid in producing a more beautiful tone.

Goal-Giveaway Winners Announced

Claire Cunningham
Friday, February 1st 2019

Thanks to everyone who set goals or interacted in the forum in January and entered our giveaway!

Today we are happy to announce the three winners, in no particular order: congratulations to Charlie, Becca, and Eileen!

We have notified the three winners by email. 

It's not too late to set goals, ever, of course!

If you'd like to use the goal-setting tool on Lessonface to keep track of your goals, first sign in to Lessonface (registration is totally free), and go to the green menu, then Profile, and Goals. 

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