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So a student comes to a lesson completely unprepared. You don't want to waste time on stuff they haven't prepared, you don't want to reward them by playing abersolds all lesson, you don't want to rail into them (or maybe you do)...what are some suggestions?
I sometimes will go hard core on scales, but it occurred to me recently that maybe I shouldn't be using one of the most important facets of music as "punishment." They always leave playing their C# and F# scales better, but I'd hate to make scale practice painful since it is so critical to acquire a positive association with scale practice. Sight-reading? Lecture on the value of hard work and discipline and success in the real world? Say "go home"?
I sometimes will go hard core on scales, but it occurred to me recently that maybe I shouldn't be using one of the most important facets of music as "punishment." They always leave playing their C# and F# scales better, but I'd hate to make scale practice painful since it is so critical to acquire a positive association with scale practice. Sight-reading? Lecture on the value of hard work and discipline and success in the real world? Say "go home"?