The Success Factor in Piano Teaching: Making Practice Perfect

by Elvina Pearce

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Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I should have read this 20 years ago when I started teaching piano instead of now when most of her advice feels like reminders of the obvious, minus a few things I disagree with. There’s a few bits that feel like they would have been better advice 20 years ago, like requiring students to purchase a paperback music dictionary (why when there is Google?) and making printing professional business cards the first and most important thing for setting up a studio with a bare mention at the end that some teachers find setting up a website to be helpful. It’s 99% timeless, though! Highly recommended to aspiring or beginning piano teachers, moderately recommended to experienced teachers.

[Jennifer Horak · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book leans heavily toward “classical” piano teaching. It is chock full of very useful ideas and procedures for piano teaching. I especially appreciated her practice suggestions, her group lesson suggestions, and the many specific examples she gave for everything throughout the book.