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PIANO TEACHER HELP DESK

As we guide students towards an even deeper love of music through inspiration and example, our prime goal as professional enablers should be to encourage self-dependency and clarity of thinking. From Lesson 1 we have a duty of organisational care towards everyone we teach. This should embrace ways to think, structure practising and self-regulate. We can emulate the ancient methods of Plato and teach by questioning. We can ask our students how they think issues should be approached, and

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