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Practice Tips
Practice Tip #1: Make a Practice Session Schedule
Music Practice Tip #2: Don't Exceed Your Brain's Speed Limit
Music Practice Tip #3: Five Ways to Make Music Practice Un-Boring

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Great Performances #1: Victor Borge - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Great Performances #2: The U.S. Marine Silent Drill Platoon
Great Performances #3: Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich Drum Battle
Great Performances #4: Van Cliburn Plays Copin's Polonaise in Ab, Op 53

Great Performances #5: Glass Harp

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Summertime Musical Activities - Don't Lose Your Chops!
Do You Know How to BERP?
Are First Act Instruments Worth the Low Price? - An Investigative Report

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Building a Private Studio #1 - How to Start a Private Studio

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For Piano Teachers: Play The Letter Game With Your Beginners
Flute Teaching for the Non-Flutist

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Music Education Blogs Review, Issue 1

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Great Performances #1: Victor Borge - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Great Performances #2: The U.S. Marine Silent Drill Platoon
Great Performances #3: Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich Drum Battle
Great Performances #4: Van Cliburn Plays Chopin's Polonaise in Ab, Op 53


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Issue 1: July 2008 "Unstack Your Music" to Focus on a Performance Problem
Issue 2: August 2008 Learn to Recognize Diminishing Returns