My students only come once a week, for 30 minutes or an hour. The best type of lesson follows a week of at least 2 or 3 practice sessions at home. Without that, nothing that was taught in the previous lesson is consolidated, little to no improvement happens, and the student's motivation levels teeter.
I had two interesting lessons this week, where a certain 5 year flatly refused to continue with their lesson just five minutes into it. Another where a young adult had a bad week at work and didn't manage to practice at all. I felt like I was a DVD on repeat.
We all live complicated lives, don't we? We strive to advance through our own progressive stages, but we're not always able to. I wonder if these students are facing the winter blues, I know I am. Luckily I have my coffee and my books. And I don't have to go to any violin lessons...
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