September 17
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A student comes in with a piece of music, points to a section and says, "I didn't know how to do this. Can you show me?"
Me: Let's see. Can you figure out the left hand?
(Student figures out the left hand without incident.)
Me: Okay, cool. How about the right hand?
(Student figures out the right hand, also without incident.)
Me: Now hands together?
(Student plays hands together slowly, but accurately.)
Me: Okay. Understand how it works now?
Student: Yup.
Then, I jokingly point out that I didn't actually teach anything. The student did everything himself. I just nudged him along.
This happens at least once a week. And it's always a great teaching opportunity.
When we're learning something, it gets hard from time to time. It looks tricky on the page. Literally or metaphorically.
But most of the time, we already know what we need to do.
It's just a matter of doing it.
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