What are pros of learning guitar and to take lessons and practice daily?
Here is the best way to learn guitar starting out: Learn songs. You can do this with or without an actual teacher. Having a teacher is usually good in the beginning because they can make sure you get things right, and answer any questions you have. However, once you learn HOW to practice correctly, it's all you baby. The rest is up to you. You need to just do it consistently with new songs and you'll learn guitar no problem. You should practice DAILY consistently for best results. You can still learn without practicing daily, but the progress is dramatically slower. Thats the honest truth. To learn how to practice correctly, I've listed a resource below that you can sign up for. It's free and they teach you everything you need to know to practice (Pit-Stop Practicing). Pickup the theory later on and do so slowly. 80% of your focus should be on songs. Songs have everything you need to grow as a guitarist, but you need to constantly choose songs slightly above your current skill level. This will make sure you progress. For the theory side, you need to pick that up separately, possibly from sites like justin guitar, or by buying a book... and then GO BACK to the songs you've learned and see how the theory was used. Connect theory to songs. That's the fastest way to learn theory. If you want to learn to improvise, then you need to learn more licks, riffs, and solos from songs, then put on a backing track and start making stuff up. Only way to learn improvisation is to do it.
Piano teacher mad at me for not practicing enough?
I have been playing for at least 7 years and I am now learning Debussy's "La danse de puck". My piano teacher recently asked me how much I practice a day and I said 1-2 hours. She got upset with me saying i should be practicing 4-5 hours at my level now. But with school and homework how do I accomplish this? I want to improve but how? How much did you practice after playing for 7 years?
The relationship between student and teacher?
I believe a student-teacher relationship is very important. The best teachers genuinely care about their students. They care about passing on their martial arts right, not just going through the schedule and collecting the tuition. Respect plays a huge factor in this. When a teacher respects himself and the martial arts he teaches, his/her students will learn to respect them as well. It's no use if the teacher was a skilled martial artist but lacks patience, open-mindedness, communication skills, a positive attitude, and respect. As someone else already mentioned, the respect must be mutual. Students, likewise, need to appreciate the time and effort their teachers put in to train them and not take their teachers for granted.
What's the best method for teaching a foreign language?
While there can be no one best method, after 30 + years of teaching languages, I have found that TPR followed by TPRS very effective.. TPR was developed by Dr. James J. Asher in the 60s as an answer to his research question, 'Why do perfectly intelligent adults have difficulty learning a second language?" The TPR method asks students to respond to commands (stand up, sit down,) that become increasingly complicated (when Joey picks up the red book, Alice will take the green book and walk to Fred, who will count to 10). (skyoakspublications.com/ Teaching Language Through Actions (book)/ The Instructors Notebook) There are guides on the skyoaks site with lesson plans for a years worth of TPR. Many of us found TPR magic the first week or so, but difficult to sustain. TPRS (Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling) was started in the late 80s and continues to develop and change due to input both from its proponents and from its critics. I could write probably thosands of words about it, but basically we do three things: introduce three phrases with a targeted structure and vocabulary (wanted to eat, needed, the fat cow) (the strangeness is purposeful to hold students' interest). Practice the phrases with questions, gestures, props until the students understand them well. Create a story with the students by asking them targeted questions about the vocabulary. Point out grammar points briefly (3-15 seconds) during the conversation. students read by translation related story/text by translation. start over. I've done a poor job explaining. Please go to at least one of the websites cited--they are all linked together--and consider TPRS.
How to play violin with good intonations?
The first question is whether you yourself can hear when you play a note out of tune. You have to be able to hear this yourself or it's virtually impossible to play in tune. If someone else plays out of tune, do you notice it? If you can already tell when a note is played in tune or out of tune, then the most important thing to do is to start listening very carefully to your own playing. You might even record yourself and listen to the recording. It's usually harder to listen to yourself critically while you're playing, but this is what all musicians have to learn to do. If you have trouble telling whether someone else is playing in tune or out of tune, then you need to train you ear by spending more time listening to music. If you happen to have a piano that's in tune, you can check notes you're playing on the violin by playing them on the piano. If a friend can play the violin part on the piano while you're playing, that could be a great way to practice. Or, if you have another violin-playing friend who plays in tune and is willing to help you, they could play with you. Listen to whether you play together with them, and if you hear a difference, correct your intonation.
What are some good ways to practice La Campanella, and Un sospiro?
I'd like to suggest that there is more to it than simply playing it "over and over again". I recommend asking in a place where other students are talking about learning them and teachers are talking about teaching them: http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthrea... http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php http://www.talkclassical.com/keyboard-in... Just do a search for the names of the pieces first, and see what's already been discussed and advised. Ask a question if you need to after that, but do take the time to read what's already there. good luck