Stu S.

I am big on the story. Make it personal. What are the environmental elements in the story? How do they come into play? Avoid using 2nd person "You" and try "I". Instead of saying "You broke my heart" experiment with, "I always get in trouble when I open my heart to someone". Let the chords reflect the mood. Your instrument is another voice. Allow it to tell the story with you.

For the young beginner, I introduce the keys with some fun games, start them on reading finger numbers, play around with composing simple melodie As we advance, we start exploring more complicated challenge I am there to help the student understand and offer many tips and methods to get them playing confidently and competently. For more advanced students, we explore technique and, more importantly, the heart and soul of each piece. I have some breakthrough methods to teach chords and sight-reading. I am very low-stres I make the students realize that playing music is an art. They're allowed to make mistake It'the journey and not the result that makes learning your instrument fun and satisfying.