Week 6 Commencing 22nd July 2013

This has been a great week for me musically as the music leader training that I have undertaken with Phill Mullen has really help to broaden my horizons and teaching techniques for instrument tuition and rhythmic demonstrations In a general nature. One of the key problems that I stressed to phill during this training was what approach to take when working with a young person on one to one instrument tuition this was particularly for people starting out.  

What I have taken from this training is similar to what I learnt at the taster day with people having different learning styles. Also to add to this, the importance of making instrument tuition fun. This is something which I had not thought about prior to the training with Phill Mullen. I can recall when I first started playing up until now abd how much fun the learning process has been for me. Therefore this is something which will be of high importance when I am starting out with instrument tuition as I want to make sure that the learning process for the young person is as fun and enjoyable as possible as these sessions are not imperitive but may help open up doors for their future and career path. 

This week it has also been great to see more young people performing songs in the performance space, whether they are covers or their own material. What is really great about this is that despite a few of the young people saying they are nervous they are still finding the confidence to perform in front of other people. This also provides a great opportunity for any of the young people who are willing to perform at the first open mic night.

There are two key points which I will take from the training this week with Phill Mullen. The most important but simplest of these is to make instrument tuition fun for the young person as this is what will help then to enjoy it. The second is to minimise the use of theory in the early stages of teaching as this can become very confusing for the learner even more so depending on their learning style. These two points have given me more confidence for when I am teaching one on one instrument tuition as my key focus will now be to make the lesson rrearding and afun experience at the same time.