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	<title>Music Teacher's Helper Blog</title>
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	<description>Tips and Resources for Private Music Teachers and Performers everywhere!</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Games people play (in lessons)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Gould</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I teach many younger students and decided to find some fun games to play in lessons to teach various music skills. (older students might enjoy these as well.) I set out on a search for games that you can make and games that you can play online. Here are a few of my finds. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heard Any of These?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Pearlman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most common lesson opener:  &#8220;I didn&#8217;t get as much time to practice as I&#8217;d like.&#8221; [Who does?]
Less common:  &#8220;I didn&#8217;t get to practice too much.  Very little, really.  Just ran through it a bit today, actually.&#8221;
Most unexpected response, after a student played all the quarter notes and eighth notes exactly the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance for Adult Students</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/performance-for-adult-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Payne</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the school year. I host 3 recitals. Most of my students are kids, and I have about 6 adult students. I understandably find that the adults are uncomfortable performing in these recitals. I came across an idea a few years ago online for getting some performance experience for adults. The idea was to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running the Summer Studio</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/running-the-summer-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luebke</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
	<category>Promoting Your Studio</category>
	<category>Studio Management</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As summer approaches, I know my stable teaching schedule during the school year will turn topsy-turvy in a month.  With vacations, football practices, and summer musicals, students are busier than ever.  This summer I am trying a few new ideas to make summer lessons productive for students and worth a place in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pop music in a classical world part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/pop-music-in-a-classical-world-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/pop-music-in-a-classical-world-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Gould</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last article, I talked about the misgivings that I had about adding pop music to private lessons. Instrumental and Vocal teachers alike deal with adding &#8220;popular&#8221; music to lessons on a pretty regular basis. The student that only likes to play/sing Disney songs, the student with an upcoming talent show, the student that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importing into Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/importing-into-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Currey</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Using Music Teacher's Helper</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instructions on how to import a csv file to Outlook: (From Microsoft Knowledgebase Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196743), such as MTH Calendar.
To use a Microsoft Excel workbook to import information, cancel everything in Microsoft Outlook, and then open up the file in Excel. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About&#8230;Online Music Education resource</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/aboutonline-music-education-resource/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Pearlman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Music Theory</category>
	<category>Practicing</category>
	<category>Music News</category>
	<category>Music &amp; Technology</category>
	<category>Music History &amp; Facts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you checked out About.com online?  It has lots of &#8220;neighborhoods&#8221; featuring information about all sorts of interests, and one of them is music education.  Started in 1996, About.com has been run since 2005 by the New York Times company.
The music education site presents information and resources on music theory, history of music, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing With Chords (Piano)</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-chords-piano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Payne</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a lot of students with the desire to create their own music and songs.  Over the years, I have been able to get things going, in the songwriting department, by teaching chord studies and then eventually encouraging students to piece the chords together in their own unique ways. I like to start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Arsenal of Vocal Health Remedies</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/an-arsenal-of-vocal-health-remedies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luebke</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
	<category>Performing</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the season for seasonal allergies, along with viral infections and subsequent hoarseness and voice loss - never welcome guests for singers.  I am not a medical professional, but as a regular sufferer of allergies and other bronchial complaints I have learned a few tricks of the trade to alleviate symptoms.

1.    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pop music in a classical world Part 1.</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/pop-music-in-a-classical-world-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/pop-music-in-a-classical-world-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Gould</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Teaching Tips</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my husband suggested that I add pop music to the music that my students sing, I was a bit apprehensive. After all, I am a classically trained singer and I teach my students to sing largely classical and musical theater songs because I have felt that a good foundation is built on teaching the [...]]]></description>
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