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Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Piano Teacher: Coping With Frustration On The Job

By Richard Ponder


When a piano teacher lack motivation, it will be difficult for him to be a competent person in his job, even though he may be a well knowledgeable person. Look for what can motivate you, a motivate you; a movie, soccer match, music, vacation, visiting a friend or family member, you should know yourself to point of what can do the magic, then do it. Help yourself with the fruit of your work, that is, your music; use it to bring life to your system. It works. How will you get this motivation from music, well it depends on what you listen to, not your students playing on the keyboard alone, that is for the student not for you, create what your mind must hear to get it in the right gear, your favorite music will do it.

Listening to masterworks of music performance on a consistent basis is a must for a piano teacher. You will get inspired by the music of others and learn new things which you can add to what you will have to give your students. There is need fro every piano teacher to find out what is causing burnout to him, as there are several other reasons which we have not mentioned here. There are students that though they have interest in music, they do not seems to have the ability of learning how to play on the keyboards, this will make them bring their frustrations on the lessons and on the teacher too, hence making the teacher having a burnout. Do not allow the money aspect to box you into a corner which you would regret later, get rid of any student giving you problem, and set the right standard for yourself and adhere to it come rain come shine. Talent is something that may not show at the beginning, so do not judge your students by the initial attitude to the lesson, you may be wrong.

Students must be take in away to help develop on their area of weakness and foster a learning attitude that will help them grasp the knowledge of piano playing. The bad effect of the failure to this is that of student losing that golden opportunity to learn in the right atmosphere best possible for him to learn and to quit if possible. If the students understood what he is expected to do and experience at the beginning of the lesson, he will accept it and prepare himself towards that and settle on for the lesson without expecting any surprises from the teacher.

As a piano teacher, you can only keep your skill and knowledge intact by learning more, in no time your students will get better than you once they master the skill, you have to improve on your knowledge by all means.

Always strive for the best in your class, keep working at your students until they are the best. Piano playing requires passion and not just mild love for it. The kind of training you give your students can help them develop this and go ahead in live to plant the seed in others also. The standards you set will help students to have respect for you and your teaching, it will help them to concentrate and settle for your class too.

The level of adherence of the students to the standards is dependent on how well they understood the terms there, carefully explained to them. When people make inquiries they are looking for the information that can give the right ideas about what you offer, as a matter of fact they want the best services, putting your standards in adverts and printed brochures for them to see will help both you and them a lot. Let everybody coming to you know exactly what you offer and what they stand to get.




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