How
many times have you heard your child practice a musical passage and struggle
with the same spot time and again? We
all have, and without some focused attention on the problem it rarely improves.
Consider
this:
After
a few attempts on a troubling passage, make a game out of having your child
work only on those measures that are troubling.
Follow
this pattern
Slow
it down
Repeat
it ten times perfectly
Put
it back into the music with the measures before and after – in tempo.
This
is called “Precision Targeting” and it works very well, however, to insure
their participation be prepared to give something in return. Offer a spurt of your time and enjoy playing
with them!
Have
fun and watch what happens.
Carolyn Biggs
Steps and
Skips
Tips for
the Developing Student
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