Who is this site for?
What do I do here?
How do I organize all this information?
How do I read music?
What do the other symbols on the music
mean?
What are the symbols that indicate speed
of the music?
What are the symbols that indicate volume
of the music?
What are the symbols that indicate the
key signature of the music?
What is the benefit of you mailing list?
What are your goals for your students?
How do you evaluate your students?
How
can I help my students evaluate themselves?
What can you tell me about life as a
Music Teacher?
What can you tell me about life as a
Music Performer? Instrumentalist? Singer?
What can you tell me about life as a
Music Composer?
What can you tell me about Classical
Music? Jazz? Blues?
Rhythm and Blues? Rock? Funk?
Gospel? Bluegrass? Gypsy Jazz?
Bebop?
In 120 seconds or less list as many
popular chord progressions as you can!
How does the Labor Union help Music
Teachers? Music Performers? Instrumentalists? Singers?
Music Composers?
What do I do about Defamation? Slander? Libel?
How do I create a legal contract?
Who enforces the legal contract?
How do I negotiate the terms of the legal
contract?
How do I deal with the criminals in
society?
What insurance agency are you with?
What
is your business plan? Does it have a
Strategic Management Plan? Do it have a
competitors comparison report? Does it
have Marketing Plan? What is the financial plan? What is the operations plan?
In 240 seconds state your executive
summary for memory!
How do I get a job in the music business?
Where are the booking/ referral services
in Rhode Island?
What problems am I running into?
What advice can I get from an experienced
online violin teachers?
What’s it like teaching online?
What do I notice about my competitors
blogs & web pages?
Have I revealed that information yet on
my blog?
Do you talk about violin technique,
violin tone, violin volume, posture, equipment,
& repertoire somewhere on your blog?
What is rhythm?
What is tempo?
What is vibrato?
What is intonation?
What is tone?
What is technique?
What is articulation?
What is style?
What is expression?
What is bowing?
Where do I purchase a violin?
Where types of instruments are out there?
How do I tune my instrument?
How do I rosin my bow?
How do I tighten the bow?
How do I upkeep my instrument?
How do I hold the bow?
How do I hold the violin?
How do I play the strings?
How do I read the music?
How do I play chords on the violin?
What types of chords are there?
What is a triad?
What is a seven chord?
What is a nine chord?
What is an eleven chord?
What is a thirteen chord?
How are chords turned into arpeggios?
What are the main ways to modify a triad,
seven chord, nine chord, eleven chord, thirteen chord?
What is a minor 3rd?
What is a major 3rd?
What is a b5?
What is a #5?
What is a m7?
What is M7?
What is a -7?
What is a Dim7?
What is a 9?
What is a b9?
What is a #9?
What is an 11?
What is a #11?
What is a 13?
What is a b13?
What are all the Scales in the world?
*What is a Chromatic Scale? 12 notes
What is an Octatonic Scale? 8 notes
*What is a Heptatonic Scale? 7 notes
*What is a Hexatonic Scale? 6 notes
What is a Pentatonic Scale? 5 notes
What is a Tetratomic Scale? 4 notes
What is a Monotonic Scale? 1 note
What is a diatonic scale?
What is a melodic & harmonic minor
scale?
What is a whole-tone scale?
What is a chromatic scale?
What is your favorite genre?
What groups do you listen to?
What movies do you watch?
What TV shows do you watch?
What do you feel like?
How
do you want to make your audience feel?
Am I pursuing personal growth in my
teaching?
Is my business plan well thought out and
successful?
Am I presenting myself well?
Have I provided the triangle approach
where appropriate?
Am I doing my part in promoting music in
my community?
Do I keep my studio running in an
organized and professional manner?
Use of instruments
Do I provide computers and technology in
an instructive and educational manner?
Do I provide an organized framework for
student performances?
Do I keep my student/parents informed or
progress?
Is time spent on the following
activities?
Greeting-catch
up on week
technique-rote
drills
site
reading
repertoire-existing
assignments
new
assignments
memorized
pieces
theory
ear
training
creative
activities (improve, composing)
ensemble
playing
Do I structure the lesson so activities
are prioritized according to the students needs?
Is my teaching style working with their
learning style?
Have I given my students the chance to
demonstrate what they have accomplished since their last lesson?
Have I stimulated my students to think
for themselves?
Have I imparted some new information?
Have I provided a non-threatening
environment that motivates and encourages productivity, independence and
self-esteem?
Have I though through the beat way to
communicate an idea; appropriateness, priority, awareness of student’s learning
style, question or statement responses, pacing, clarity, non verbal
communication, use of imagery?
Have I provided my student with the
learning tools to be independent?
Have I sent my student home with a clear
understanding of how to best utilize his/her practice time?
Are concepts transferred to different
activities to unify the lesson?
Have I encouraged a healthy approach to
the instrument?
Sight playing:
Repertoire:
Theory
Keyboard musicianship
Ensemble:
Ear training
Creative activities:
When during the performance does the
music change from melody to harmony in the solo violin part of a concerto or
sonata?
What is the form of the music being
played? Strophic, Medley, Binary,
Ternary, Rondo, Variational, Sonata-allegro?
How would you characterize the rhythm? Dance or March Maybe
talk about metric structure? Rhythmic development?
How does the rhythm convey mood?
How does the rhythm change the style? Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 19th Century, Modern
How does rhythm change the form?
How would you characterize the texture of
the music? Monophony, Homophony,
Heterophony, Polyphony, or Micropolyphony?
What other instruments is the music meant
for? Strings, Winds, Percussion?
How does the instrumentation convey
thought or feeling?
Is it meant for man or women?
Why did you say that?
What reasons support that idea?
Is that what you meant?
What are some possible causes?
How could we prove this?
What does that mean?
When would that not happen?
What would be a different view?
How do you know?
What would the consequences be?
Do those two ideas agree?
How is that different from what was said?
What questions would be useful to ask?
What have we found out?
What did we do well? What could we improve?
If I find it difficult to develop a full
curriculum in my current lesson structure, am I willing to consider other
teaching formats?
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