time management

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Advice on Music Exams, Cramming and Number Games

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Sometimes, our music students are still scrambling to get ready for their music exams. If you're like my one Grade 9 piano student who has been trying to memorize his Brahms' Intermezzo, it's too late.

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Excuses and Commitments

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I have noticed that the excuses for not practicing increase around this time of year:

  • “We were at my grandparents’ all weekend and they don’t have a piano.”

  • “My parents are renovating and the piano is all covered up.”

  • “The batteries on my keyboard are dead.”