Piano Ped Mid-Term Flashcards
Q: Besides a good piano, name the other essential piece of equipment
A: Metronome
Q: Name two of the most important factors to a positive teaching environment:
A: Good lighting; Good acoustics
Q: Besides making sure that the child practices assignments regularly, name one other responsibility of parents.
A: Paying tuition on time
Q: The ______ student are usually taking piano lessons because _____ ____ __.
A: Advanced; they want to
Q: The _________ student usually presents the greatest challenges to both teacher and parents.
A: intermediate
Q: For the average child, age _____ can also be the ideal time to begin piano study.
A: 7
Q: The most successful pre-piano study usually occurs in a _____ _______
A: Group setting
Q: Give the age categories for piano students:
A: Pre-piano: 4-6; Beginner: 7-10; Intermediate: 9-14; Advanced: 14-18-80
Q: The teacher’s responsibility is to teach the student not only how to play the piano but how to ______
A: Practice
Q: Name one teaching aid, but not equipment
A: Flash cards
Q: One of the most vexing problems for most teachers is ______ tuition payments ___ ____!!!!!
A: collecting; on time
Q: According to the text, discounted tuition rates ______ be given.
A: Shouldn’t
Q: Several factors must be considered when in establishing an appropriate tuition rate, including _______ degrees and _______, _______ both in playing the piano and instructing, range of _____ provided by one’s studio, the total _____ involved in teaching piano, the going rate in one’s _____ and _______ time.
A: Academic; training; experience; services; work; community; vacation
Q: Each studio policy must be designed to fit the particular needs of the _______ and the _________ they serve.
A: Teacher; Community
Q: ______ is the most difficult physical gesture for a child.
A: Clapping
Q: If a prospective student cannot read, three options are available. Name one.
A: Wait till they can read
Q: An important question to ask when considering whether to accept a young beginner is: Is the child able to ______ at his grade level?
A: Read
Q: Expenses are listed under two main headings:
A: Direct; Indirect
Q: What are the two major aspects of independent piano teaching?
A: Teaching students; operating a studio
Q: ______ means _____ facts build on and relate to ____ facts.
A: Apperception; new; old
Q: Name two of the pedagogues that brought about significant changes in piano teaching materials, philosophies and practices.
A: Pace; Clark; Duckworth
Q: _______ is an ______ change in a living individual that is not heralded by his genetic inheritance.
A: Learning; Enduring
Q: Maturation is a _________ process with which a person from time to time manifests different traits, the “blueprints” for which have been carried in his cells from the time of his ________.
A: Development; Conception
Q: One of the primary reasons teachers lose students is because they often do not adequately _____ for each lesson they teach.
A: Prepare
