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Teaching Beginners? New book from Paul Harris can help

05.08.08

Teaching beginners is a huge responsibility and challenge, but also reaps enormous rewards. Today there are a host of colourful tutors to choose from – but none tackle how to teach beginners …..

A new book from esteemed music educationalist Paul Harris now helps teachers approach this area of their work with thought, inspiration and success! Energising and inspirational, Teaching Beginners is a “must have” handbook for all instrumental and singing teachers. Distilled from years of the author’s personal experience and research, it looks at all the issues concerning the teaching of beginners, outlining
a series of principles, ideas and strategies upon which the best foundations can be laid.

Topics covered include how to approach the first lesson, practice ideas for beginners, introducing the tutor book and notation, taking stock and moving forward, inheriting pupils, improvisation and composition for beginners.

Teaching Beginners is the ideal companion to his best-selling Improve Your Teaching! book. Inspirational and motivating, these are guaranteed to challenge, affirm and energise every teacher’s work!

Teaching Beginners is now available, priced £8.95. Click here to buy