How do you practice tunes that you hate?

[murathan]

My teacher gave me this tune. A lot of scale action in there!

Nice... My students are nowhere close to this kind of a piece. They are amateurs trying to find time between their jobs and spare time. They last about a year or two generally. Then they cut lessons this way or that way (they change jobs, get married etc. LOL) My best student continued lessons about 4 years. She has her own youtube channel now with about 50 videos. https://www.youtube.com/@basak.eroksuz

I was publishing my student videos in my own channel but now they publish themselves (about 5 people) One of good videos:

I wish I had long time students but they seem to lose interest about a time later. Turkish people are different such as there is not good music education (some doesnt have at all) in ordinary schools. So I generally start all over which takes a lot of time and effort for them. I cant push above intermediate music. I m using sheet music booklets in 5 volumes which I wrote on MuseScore.

Big portion is Turkish popular music but I also added international favorites as much as possible. All arranged by myself in easy format. One line score with chord symbols and fingerings. First volume is beginner pack of 10 pages plus scales. Other 4 volumes have 30 songs each plus some easier exercises. I m doing lessons since 9 years. Only one student started the volume 5 lately. Others cut off the lessons. The PDF booklets are free for students. All students are online students.

 

[Zevy]

Nice... My students are nowhere close to this kind of a piece. They are amateurs trying to find time between their jobs and spare time. They last about a year or two generally. Then they cut lessons this way or that way (they change jobs, get married etc. LOL) My best student continued lessons about 4 years. She has her own youtube channel now with about 50 videos. https://www.youtube.com/@basak.eroksuz

I was publishing my student videos in my own channel but now they publish themselves (about 5 people) One of good videos:

I wish I had long time students but they seem to lose interest about a time later. Turkish people are different such as there is not good music education (some doesnt have at all) in ordinary schools. So I generally start all over which takes a lot of time and effort for them. I cant push above intermediate music. I m using sheet music booklets in 5 volumes which I wrote on MuseScore.

Big portion is Turkish popular music but I also added international favorites as much as possible. All arranged by myself in easy format. One line score with chord symbols and fingerings. First volume is beginner pack of 10 pages plus scales. Other 4 volumes have 30 songs each plus some easier exercises. I m doing lessons since 9 years. Only one student started the volume 5 lately. Others cut off the lessons. The PDF booklets are free for students. All students are online students.

Nice.

 

[Tom]

Nice... My students are nowhere close to this kind of a piece. They are amateurs trying to find time between their jobs and spare time. They last about a year or two generally. Then they cut lessons this way or that way (they change jobs, get married etc. LOL) My best student continued lessons about 4 years. She has her own youtube channel now with about 50 videos. https://www.youtube.com/@basak.eroksuz

I was publishing my student videos in my own channel but now they publish themselves (about 5 people) One of good videos:

I wish I had long time students but they seem to lose interest about a time later. Turkish people are different such as there is not good music education (some doesnt have at all) in ordinary schools. So I generally start all over which takes a lot of time and effort for them. I cant push above intermediate music. I m using sheet music booklets in 5 volumes which I wrote on MuseScore.

Big portion is Turkish popular music but I also added international favorites as much as possible. All arranged by myself in easy format. One line score with chord symbols and fingerings. First volume is beginner pack of 10 pages plus scales. Other 4 volumes have 30 songs each plus some easier exercises. I m doing lessons since 9 years. Only one student started the volume 5 lately. Others cut off the lessons. The PDF booklets are free for students. All students are online students.

Congrats Murathan! Nice that your best student posts the lead sheets in some of her videos. I really don’t know traditional Turkish music at all. I would like to see one of your packs which concentrates on Turkish music.

 

[knobby]

I would like to see one of your packs which concentrates on Turkish music.

Me too, but the very easy one!

 

[murathan]

Me too, but the very easy one!

I sent to admin e-mail. Good luck

 

[OuijaBoard]

Some songs are necessary for a students development. I use jingle bells in lessons as the first "real" song to play for beginners. But every song can be skipped too if they dont like. It may be compensated with other songs. Generally Christmas songs are easy and a good starter pack. But skipping a lot of songs will effect your development. So you may practice them thinking for your development.

I took a year or so of PA with a teacher but had had about 7 years of piano as a kid, so went in starting with P-H 4 or something. Full confession, I simply skipped the stuff I hated. Namely, martial/military music like John Philip Sousa marches, "Clarinet Polka," and some other midcentury midwestern American bombast. Perhaps my neck-teek is damaged for life, but "Clarinet Polka" could have been outright fatal!

I had to learn a bunch of Christmas music on PA last year for the first time, for a performance. I don't like Christmas music but played a slew of it on piano as a kid/teenager, so grokking it well enough on PA to perform wasn't too agonizing. I sucked it up and chalked it up to stretching as a PA player.

 

[EuroFolker]

Just hate-play it, that means you're playing something with passion!