Music Lessons

Download Our Free Goal-Setting Printables for Your First Music Lesson of 2016

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Our free goal-setting printables make the first music lessons of 2016 fun and productive for teachers and students. Even the youngest students benefit from talking about their accomplishments in 2015 and planning their gohappy-new-years-eve-2015-19 copyals for the upcoming year.  Teachers, walk through the goal-setting process with your students by

  1. Celebrating success and evaluating progress
  2. Defining specific goals
  3. Having accountability

 

With the first of our free printables, Reflecting on Accomplishments, students will list and celebrate their musical successes while taking time to evaluate progress and areas for improvement. This time of celebration and evaluation is a must before planning ahead.

Our second free printable, New Year Goal Setting, encourages students to define specific goals for themselves and outline practice habits to help achieve those goals.

The third step in the goal-setting process, accountability, is accomplished though weekly lesson notes and progress records. We recommend the Practice & Progress Lesson Notebook by Faber Piano for students and teachers.

Now you’re ready for a fun first-lesson of 2016! Happy celebrating and goal-setting!

The Essential Holiday Gift Guide to Purchasing Music Instruments (Keyboard and Guitar Edition)

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Music instruments are popular gifts during the holiday season and, we believe, the best gifts anyone could receive. The gift of a guitar or keyboard can spark creativity and lead to life-long inspiration. Each Christmas, parents put instruments under the tree in hopes that their children will develop a love for playing music. It’s important to … Read more

What Is The Right Age For Starting Lessons?

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Contributed by: Sara Longwell Do you have a young child who has expressed interest in playing an instrument? Do you have an older child who already takes lessons, and now you’re considering starting lessons for a younger sibling? Or maybe it’s been your dream from the beginning to give your child music lessons and you’re wondering if … Read more

Student Corner: 4 Common Bad Practice Habits and How to Break Them

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Welcome to the latest edition of Student Corner, our special feature for you and your student to read together. This week’s contribution comes from Mr. Brandon Marsolo. We are all guilty of having some bad and lazy practice habits, but when you realize your mistakes you get the chance to change your ways and maximize … Read more

"When Is My Child Done With Lessons?"

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Contributed by: Sarah Cauthen I was asked a question recently that really stumped me: “When is my child done with piano lessons? I mean, how do you know when they’re ready to stop?” If a kid asked me this, of course I would say something like, “Duh, never!” or “When you go off to college!” … Read more

Rhythm Or Right Notes?

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A Guide for Parents, Students and Teachers for Mastering Rhythm                                                                by Metro Music Music Makers teacher J.T. Lee So many times in lessons the student walks through an assigned piece, stumbling through all of the right pitches but seems somewhat puzzled when asked to do it again. “I played all the right notes,” they argue … Read more

Student Corner: 5 Ways To Become A Better Musician Now

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With this article, we’re introducing a brand new feature on the Metro Music Makers blog called Student Corner. Articles with this label are written for your student! Print it out or read it together and you’ll both learn something new. We hope you’ll enjoy our first ever Student Corner article from our teacher, Matthew Talley!     … Read more

Introducing Mr. J.T. Lee and Woodwind Lessons to MMM Students!

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Our company is thrilled to announce that we now offer in-home lessons for woodwind instruments as we welcome the very talented Mr. J.T. Lee to the Metro Music Makers team. Mr. J.T.’s expertise includes a variety of instruments – saxophone, bass, piano, guitar, flute and clarinet; and we know that our students are going to really enjoy lessons with Mr. J.T. … Read more

5 Tips For Getting Your Student to Practice!

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As students transition back to the school year after a Summer of camps, no homework, relaxed schedules and vacations it can suddenly become difficult to motivate them to practice their instrument regularly.  We’ve got a few creative tricks up our sleeve for helping make practice a regular (and fun!) part of your student’s back to … Read more

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