有計劃的鋼琴教學
我不知道我小時候上過多少次鋼琴課，我的鋼琴老師只是叫我彈一首又一首歌，要求我多練習，當我彈錯了時糾正我，那就完成一課。 因此，當我第一次開始教授鋼琴時，我不知道該怎麼辦。我大約16或17歲吧。我開始教老師們如何教我，一首又一首歌，一遍又一遍地學習（因為誰不喜歡Hanon或Czerny鋼琴練習，對嗎？）。當學生彈錯了時，我改正他們，並要求他們回家練習。然後因為我有一位出色的老師，我受到啟發 ，讓我認為鼓勵學生很重要，所以我在自己的教學也盡量做到。 當我在大學學習鋼琴演奏時，我參加了一個名為“鋼琴教學法”的課程。但是課程更多的是從學術角度出發，我們所做的只是研究鋼琴教學和演奏的歷史，因此在現實生活中的鋼琴教學並沒有太大的用途。 直到我上研究院時，我才發現真正的鋼琴教學之美。由於我已經在大學裡上過鋼琴教學法課程，因此我不必再修一次。但是我決定重修課程（因為我覺得我真的不知道如何有效地教學）。我很高興自己重修了。我從講師那裡學到了很多教學的東西，直到今天仍然很適用。 我告訴我的鋼琴教學學生，教學上最重要的其中之一件事，是他們必須有一個教學計劃。不要只是去上課。老師招收學生時，必須與學生以及家長就學習目標和期望進行對話。年中不時檢查計劃，以確保按計劃進行。安排年度的表演機會，例如音樂會和音樂聚會/表演班，並在適當的時候安排考試和比賽的機會。 定期與學生和家長進行溝通，以了解是否對練習和進步有所顧慮。了解他們的演奏和練習是否有任何問題。 有計劃的教學能夠使老師，學生和家長在音樂學習之旅中充滿信心，感到放心和得到成果。
Piano Teaching with a Plan
I don’t know how many times I went into a piano lesson when I was young, that my piano teachers just told me to play this and that, corrected me when I was wrong, asked me to go practice more, and that was a lesson. When I first started teaching piano, I didn’t know what […]
How To Build Your Private Music Teaching Studio (I)
Do you want to teach music on your own? Run your own private music studio? Be your own boss and make your own schedule? Do you want to have full control over what you teach, how you teach, and when you teach?
In this article I will talk about the pros and cons of building and running your own private music teaching studio.
Piano Practice Gadgets | Piano Technique
Piano Practice Gadgets | Piano Technique | Weight Training As per requests of my viewers, I’m sharing with you some of the gadgets that I use for myself and my students to practice technique at the piano. I hope this will help you as well! Piano Practice Gadgets: 1. Stress relief balls 2. Ankle weights […]
Inform, Encourage, Empower, Inspire
I have run my piano teacher training course for a while now. During the whole course, there is one session in which I ask my student teachers what they want to achieve and who they want to be in their teaching career. I still recall one student teacher asked me what kind of teacher I […]
Piano Playing: Art or Science ?
Last weekend I joined a coffee making event, in which coffee lovers shared their enthusiasm as well as knowledge about coffee making and tasting. One topic they discussed was whether coffee making was art or science. Naturally I reflected on this and related this idea to piano playing: is it art or science? Image by […]
Why did I quit my PhD and start my own piano teaching studio?
In this video, I talk in details about why I quit my PhD and other music jobs and start my own piano teaching studio. I’m hoping to inspire aspiring piano teachers and music instrument teachers to start their own teaching journey.
Why Did I Start All This?
It all started back in 2010. I was working towards my PhD in Historical Musicology. I was looking for a suitable topic for my thesis. I started become interested in researching about the history of piano teaching and the contribution of the teachers in the city I was living in. I thought, certainly, with a […]
Reflections on My Piano Teaching
When people know I teach piano, the second question they ask is usually this: “Do you teach kids? Adults?” I don’t understand why it matters. Surely, there are different tactics and communication strategies when it comes to teaching various age groups. But they are all humans. I respect children just as I respect adults, or […]
Successful Music Teaching Course (English)
Our most anticipated music teaching course – Successful Music Teaching Course (English) is coming up very soon! This very course will help you get started to become a successful music teacher right from the start! Whether you teach violin, voice, flute or piano, you will benefit from this course immensely. This course will guide you […]
