Category Archives for "Practice & Motivation"

Let us motivate piano students once and for all.

This is the third and final part in our wonderful series on piano student motivation with Samanatha Coates. (Listen to part 1 here or

Motivation and practice are the biggest keys to our students' success at the piano. That's why I'm so thrilled to welcome back Samantha

Motivating students to practice is a big topic for piano teachers. In fact, it's probably the biggest one. Tackling this area is no

Welcome back to the first post of 2017! I hope you had a great break and are looking forward to the teaching year ahead. There have been

Hello, Practising the Piano readers! A warm welcome to topmusic.co, a place dedicated to teaching piano differently and supporting creativity

I've learnt a few things about piano practice and motivation in my time as a musician and music teacher. Here are some of them: The

What do you say when you get that call? Johnny is finding lessons too hard, practice is a struggle, and he wants to quit. How do you

Have you ever wondered how a student's practice diary or assignment book can best support their development as a musician or if there's

You asked and I listened! The number one requested topic from my recent survey, was how to get students motivated to practice. There's

Do you have trouble getting your students to practise? Do you struggle to help your students make progress because they seem so over-scheduled?

You've probably all heard about the "Flipped Classroom" and "Flipped Learning". But what about about "Flipped Practice"? Just last