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New teaching approaches for the balance
Classical musicians are used to play classical music! Well, it`s nothing wrong about this, but it can happen that our students desire to play with the instrument not only classical music. Sometimes they look for other styles like: pop, jazz, rock or modern music. We are very different in tastes and so are also our students. Sometimes just playing classical music became boring and not anymore interesting for practicing at home. How do you react as a teacher when your students want to work with you some jazz pieces for example? Do you take their wish seriously or do you think that this preference is not so important for your class? This year, two of my students told me about their preference for modern and rock style. Knowing this, I decided to make our flute class more interesting and to avoid the "routine" by just playing classical music. I encourage all the teachers to take their student`s wish very seriously. Are many benefits of doing this:
1. The class will be more interesting
2. The students will practice more
3. The teacher will see some results and will learn new things
4. The relation between teacher and student will become stronger and more pleasant
I think that`s very important to find a balance between what you SHOULD do and what you LIKE to do.
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