Inspiration for all music pupils and all instruments
Now I Love Music Practice
ISBN 978-
8 ins x 5 ins approx
192 mm x 127 mm
94 pages
10 years +
$14.95
Now I Love Music Practice
by Ron Ottley Ron has over 50 years experience as a performer, an arranger and a piano teacher.
The book could have been titled Now I Love Piano Practice, or Now I Love Flute Practice, or Violin Practice, or Guitar
Practice, or any other instrument. It is relevant for any musical instrument.
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There is plenty of good advice and practice tips available on how to do music practice.
This book barely touches on how to practice. It is concerned with why practice. For many children this is the first question that needs to be answered.
I Love
Music Practice
Now I Love Music Practice
This best selling motivational book will inspire your music student to do more practise, and to love doing it. Really.
The book promotes a positive ‘can do’ attitude, which gives music students a huge advantage. Their success or failure is primarily determined by their attitude and even a small change in attitude can trigger a large change in results.
Sondra Anice Barnes probably wasn’t talking about music practice when she said “It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to” but her quote is certainly very applicable to learning music.
The goal of the book is to help students discover how enjoyable and satisfying music practice can be and to inspire them to practise because they want to.
Stories
Now I Love Music Practice is easy to read and entertaining because more than half of it based on stories. Using stories to motivate and inspire music pupils is a very gentle and non threatening approach, but it is also very effective. Stories are very powerful.
- Children learn much about life through stories.
- They learn about right and wrong.
- They learn about relationships.
- They find role models.
- They experience a wide range of emotions through stories.
- Stories can be used to illustrate a principle.
- Difficult concepts can be made very clear through stories.
- Children pay attention when they are enjoying a story.
- They tend to remember stories.
- They will understand and remember the message in a story.
- Children (and adults) love stories.
Every story in the book is there to make a point, and importantly, to trigger an emotional response. The catalyst for action, or for change, is the emotions.
Now I Love Music Practice is $14.95 freight free
From a review of Now I Love Music Practice that appeared in the International Music Teachers Group newsletter.
I'm so impressed with this book! It seems quite revolutionary. It is written for students to read and is aimed at making them responsible for their own practice and ultimate success. This seemed a fantastic idea, but I wondered if it was aiming at an ideal that in reality would be impossible.
As I began to read my scepticism dissipated. It was very easy to read, has a very positive approach and yet a wonderfully refreshing straight talking honesty that I think students would respect and relate to really well.
It really gets at the psychology behind why students don't want to practice. The book uses a number of Aesop's fables to help illustrate and explain different points of learning an instrument and practicing. It has an incredible amount of information packed into it.
I think I have several students who will benefit from it.
Jeanie Willis B.Mus, Dip.Tch
From a review of Now I Love Music Practice that appeared in the European Piano Teachers Association’s magazine PIANO PROFESSIONAL
“Filled with common sense”
“Ron Ottley writes in simple persuasive language which cannot fail to convince everyone to go and ENJOY their practice”
“A delightful approach to the old problem”
Nadia Lasserson BMus, GRSM, ARCM, ARAM
This book is an inspiration to me, not only in my teaching but in my personal life. Thank you. Dorothy Chamberlain
I received my copy of Now I Love Music Practice yesterday and I absolutely love it!
My masters degree is in music therapy, so I clearly understand the non-
I am also very interested in using stories to reach the subconscious part of our brain that is involved in learning. I plan to share some of these stories with my students and parents at our upcoming recital.
I also like the fact that the authors ideas and teachings don't involve "gimmicks,
games, and extrinsic rewards". Like him, I subscribe to the belief in self-
Barb Steenrod
"Now I Love Music Practice by Ron Ottley is a great read, all children should have
a copy -
I like this book! I like its construction, its material, its illustrations and oh, its language. George Middleton
Now I Love Music Practice is US$14.95
which includes all shipping, packaging and handling charges to anywhere. $14.95 per copy is the total to pay.
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From a review of Now I Love Music Practice that appeared in RITMICO the magazine of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand September 2009
A surprise awaits the music pupil when they begin reading Now I Love Music Practice. I found the book easy to read and interesting. It is designed to encourage, support, and inspire all music pupils.
It should encourage pupils to take responsibility for themselves and for their own progress.
Ron Ottley has put a great deal of thought into writing the book. It has delightful short stories and fables for young people to enjoy. Teachers and parents will also enjoy reading it.
Elizabeth Noffke LTCL, LRSM, Lmustcl, FIRMT
Now I Love Music Practice is published by Eileen Margaret Publishing
48 Every Street, Dunedin, New Zealand 9013.
contact eileenmargaret@xtra.co.nz
phone +64 3 4545103
(Ron Ottley can be contacted at ron.ottley@xtra.co.nz)