{"id":280,"date":"2010-07-21T21:58:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T11:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/denleymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=280"},"modified":"2010-07-21T21:58:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T11:58:55","slug":"the-inherited-student-delight-or-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denleymusic.com\/musicblog\/the-inherited-student-delight-or-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inherited Student: Delight or Disaster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The delightful Samantha Coates (Author of the Blitz Books series) gaves us a presentation on &#8216;The Inherited Student&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>She asked for input on the pros and cons of an &#8216;inherited student&#8217; (a student who has come to you from either another teacher or a music school).\u00a0 There are all the usual types of cons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>failure to be able to read music<\/li>\n<li>poor posture<\/li>\n<li>lack of aural skills<\/li>\n<li>lack of general musicality<\/li>\n<li>The feeling of having to justify everything to them<\/li>\n<li>The need to explain over and above to the parents to meet their expectations<\/li>\n<li>bad practice habits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>etc.<\/p>\n<p>There were a few groans heard around the room and nodding heads when Samantha started writing down what was being raised as the cons of teaching these students.\u00a0 For some reason I didn&#8217;t take notes down for this presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The pros were interesting though as the &#8216;inherited student&#8217; may not always be a bad thing:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great musicality<\/li>\n<li>Well grounded in their previous musical training<\/li>\n<li>Wonderful motivator for the teacher to get themselves into gear<\/li>\n<li>New repertoire<\/li>\n<li>A fresher outlook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conclusion was that it isn&#8217;t always a bad thing to have an &#8216;inherited student&#8217;.\u00a0 Keep in mind also that for a &#8216;bad&#8217; inherited student,\u00a0it can be a result of the former teacher not having done\u00a0their work correctly, but also it could simply be the student not following instructions.\u00a0 These students could potentially be a disaster if the problems aren&#8217;t addressed.\u00a0 Alternatively, you could have a fantastic student who has been taught well and has been doing everything\u00a0they are supposed to do.\u00a0 These students are an absolute delight \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Samantha went on to review some posture and some tips and tricks for teachers to help with their student&#8217;s posture:-<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There should be no tension<\/li>\n<li>Have supported feet (telephone books, foot stools etc)<\/li>\n<li>Sit with a straight back<\/li>\n<li>Sit in the middle of the piano stool<\/li>\n<li>Sit a good distance from the piano<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Samantha introduced her &#8216;karate chop&#8217; test.\u00a0 The kids need to karate chop just above their knees whilst seated.\u00a0 If they can chop in the correct spot, they are sitting where they should.\u00a0 If they are &#8216;chopping&#8217; too high, they need to wiggle back and adjust where they sit on the stool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pretend they have to share the stool with someone sitting behind them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Another handy piece of advice was &#8220;Practice it right more times than you do wrong&#8221;.\u00a0 If you think about it, practicing a piece incorrectly more times than you play it correctly is kind of silly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The delightful Samantha Coates (Author of the Blitz Books series) gaves us a presentation on &#8216;The Inherited Student&#8217;. 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