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Date Posted: 12:22:13 04/13/05 Wed
Author: Chad
Subject: Re: Practicing
In reply to: Nickie 's message, "Practicing" on 18:42:31 04/04/05 Mon

I do see it best to motivate a student by associating with him/her in a friendly matter, but clearly outline what goals are to be met in order to be successful. If the student appears to not be taking practicing seriously, come down upon them harshly. Try to pair this with performance, either make the student perform, or ask the student to observe professional musicians. This worked for me.

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[> [> Re: Practicing -- Hayley, 06:59:11 04/14/05 Thu [1]

I'm not sure that if you come down on a student harshly it will help motivate them to practice. I know that when I get in trouble for not doing well or practicing enough it makes me want not want to take lessons any more. But I do think seeing a professional perform could be helpful. Because if the student was impressed by what they saw you can tell them that in order to get that good at their instrument or singing they need to practice.


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[> [> [> Re: Practicing -- Nickie, 14:18:33 04/19/05 Tue [1]

Good point, Hayley. We actually talked about this in my Leadership class. We discussed what motivates boys vs. what motivates girls. We all sort of collectively came to decide that males may respond better to "harshness" from an instructor, while females may find this offensive and, like Hayley expressed, want to quit. I find that that is true for me, also. We decided that girls usually respond better to positive feedback and gentle constructive criticism. I know in my private lessons, the more I get "yelled at" (no professor REALLY yells, but we always say that!), the more I get discouraged. But if it's a slight nudge, just a bit of constructive criticism and I feel like it has been said in order to REALLY make me a better musician, then I am more than happy to march right up to the practice room and fix whatever it may be.


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