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Hope it's ok I clumped these all in one post.
1. Normally I don't have issues with waiting it out for "counting" to click in with a student. However, I have a very enthusiastic young student with less than a year's experience; I could otherwise move at a faster pace but is lacking counting (8ths) from the first day the piece is worked on. When we work through a piece and I hammer counting in for a couple weeks, it will come together. Is there a way to "force" this concept more? He knows how different pieces can be when counting is implemented.
2. How would I go about finding and approaching teachers to do a master class / workshop? I don't mean classes for advanced students, but ones for promising beginner and intermediate students.
3. I very much enjoy the Celebration series that has been recommended often here. Are there other similar series?
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1. a. Don't leave him to do the first try of a new piece at home. Have him count it right there in front of you instead. b. Not "let it go" but maybe "cool it for a while"?
2. Teachers you have studied with, or that your friends have studied with, or teachers who ARE your friends.
3. What do you like about it?
(I'm a piano teacher.)
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I work on almost all pieces with my students before they take it home. The counting issue is for all pieces assigned. Rather than passing a piece since it is otherwise played nicely (dynamics, phrasing, counting non-8th, etc), we have to stay on the piece a few more weeks to get the 8ths correctly.
My teachers would be inappropriate for my students so I need to approach others and interview to make sure it would work.
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3. I very much enjoy the Celebration series that has been recommended often here. Are there other similar series? They do the best job with contemporary, obscure music. If you want more standard music, go for Jane Magrath's Masterwork Classics series, which has some (easier) music by level and very good editorial practice.
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