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April 2023 "Mus"Letter

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  Congratulations to Alexis for finishing Book #17 of 30 !!! This book is so meaningful to me because it has total of 5 big round stickers, it means five generations of piano students are using the same book !!! They are two families of cousins, total five kids in my studio since 4/17/2012 !!! I want to give thanks to dedicated parents and these five children that has so much grit to be persistent in your beliefs ! THANK YOU SO MUCH !! (picture being post with permission of parents) Why Do We Practice? Article taken from Piano Explorer November 2017, page 11 Knowledge and Skill Sometimes students think that they don't need to practice very much because they simply know what to do and how to do it. Have you ever gone to a lesson thinking that only to discover that everything falls apart when you play it for your teacher? This can happen when your brain knows how the music sounds, but your body has not yet learned all the movements.  Just knowing the way something is supposed to sou