by Susan Chesser | Jan 31, 2017 | Start Here!
Welcome to my blog, All About Practice! If you’re here because of my Piano Bench Mag article, great! That means you must have liked it! 🙂 [If you want to read my Piano Bench Mag article from February 2017, subscribe to this monthly piano teaching digital...
by Susan Chesser | Jan 19, 2017 | Practice, Tips & Tricks
One of the biggest struggles with teaching younger students is simply the lack of motor skills. Through no fault of their own, young piano students cannot isolate fingers to play typical five-finger beginning piano music. If you have any doubt, try wiggling your ring...
by Susan Chesser | Jan 16, 2017 | Metronomes
Here are the metronome apps I currently use in lessons: Practice+ My favorite metronome app. Easy to find menu options for changing the time signature and subdivision Accent beat one option The sound choices are excellent, ranging from wood blocks, to analog, to...
by Susan Chesser | Jan 2, 2017 | Metronomes
There are some really neat metronome apps out there now. When I was taking lessons as a child, I had to use this horrible metronome with the world’s most annoying beeping sound. I’m so glad my students have a choice as to what kind of metronome to use, and...
by Susan Chesser | Jul 28, 2016 | How Long Should I Practice?
“Learning a musical instrument is unlike almost any other endeavor a young child attempts. Virtually no other activity requires the same kind of weekly private instruction, the intense individual effort that must continue over a period of several years, and,...
