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About My Music, Music Education, Piano Teaching  2 Comments

December 21, 2018July 8, 2021

THE Piano Teaching Trend of 2018

Last week, Amy Chaplin, of Piano Pantry, asked piano teachers in various Facebook groups what they thought the big trends

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40 Piece Challenge, About Elissa Milne, Music Education, Piano Teaching  28 Comments

February 4, 2015August 12, 2015

Where did the 40 Piece Challenge begin?

I honestly didn’t expect the 40 Piece Challenge to go global the way it has quite as rapidly as it

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About My Music, Music Education, Piano Teaching  6 Comments

August 20, 2010April 1, 2016

Examination Rules: How Many Hours Practice Does it Take?!

One of my ‘rules’ for a while now has been that students need to do at least 100 hours practice

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