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Introducing the Best Music Teacher Lesson
What’s the best lesson you’ve had with your music teacher? The answer to this can take many forms. However, one of the most powerful and important experiences you can have in a music lesson revolves around a concept called ignition. What is ignition and how does it work? Keep reading to find out.
Ignition and the Best Music Teacher Lesson
What’s the best lesson you’ve had with your music teacher?
- How did it change you?
- Did it inspire you to be better and practice harder?
- Did it make you think?
- How did you feel, and most importantly how did it affect your life?
When you become inspired to learn how to do something, Daniel Coyle calls this “ignition.” Ignition will be an experience that gives a person a passionate desire to do something:
It’s all about their perception of self. At some point very early on they had a crystallizing experience that brings the idea to the fore, that says I am a musician. The idea is like a ball rolling downhill. (The Talent Code 104)
Ignition gives you the capacity to stick with it when you hit adversity – which you will.
- At some point you will hit a plateau and will struggle.
- At that point you had better have a love of music, or you’ll quit.
- Therefore, ignition remains a critical component of music lessons, and music teachers must inspire students and help them develop a love of music.
Summary of “What’s the Best Lesson You’ve Had with Your Music Teacher?”
Here are some final thoughts on “What’s the best lesson you’ve had with your music teacher?”
- To be successful in music you must have a love of music and must know how to practice.
- Not just any practice will do, but the type that Coyle calls Deep Practice.
- However, deep practice alone won’t see you through. You must also have a burning desire to learn music.
- The best music teachers can help you with both.
Have fun playing!
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