06 The Way to Teach Piano is to Teach Practicing (w/ Michael Richey)

Do your students practice? Do they know how to practice? Are you sure they're doing it effectively and efficiently? In this episode I talk with Michael Richey of the Tennessee Music Academy about how the main goal of a piano lesson is to teach a student how to practice! We talk about introducing a piece, beginners, transfer students, motivation, student readiness, and he gives us 5 tips:  Frequency over duration Planning Tempo and length Always play artistically One time is not enough Creative Teaching Conference