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    15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians
    15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians
    15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians
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    15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians

    By Danielle Gomez

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    Once the honeymoon excitement of learning an instrument fades away the real work must begin. This is a natural and necessary next step to the learning process. This booklet will give the teacher or parent fifteen strategies or adjustments that can be made to at-home practice in order to make the process smoother.

    This manual is approximately 4,000 words long.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDanielle Gomez
    Release dateJan 2, 2013
    ISBN9781301085484
    15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians
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    Danielle Gomez

    Danielle Gomez is a certified violin and viola teacher and a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She teaches violin and viola in Encinitas, CA and is the Director of the violin program at Santa Fe Montessori School.

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      15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians - Danielle Gomez

      15 Strategies for Practicing with Young Musicians

      by Danielle Gomez

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      Copyright 2013 Danielle Gomez

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      Introduction

      When students of any age start music lessons they first go through what I call the honeymoon period. The instrument is new and exciting, everyone has a positive attitude about the experience and the student approaches new assignments with an open mind.

      Inevitably, the honeymoon period comes to an end and the realities of learning an instrument start to set in. Learning an instrument costs money and it requires an enormous amount of time and dedication. Practicing is going to

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