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Call and Response Jam for You and Your Students (Get Your Instrument Ready for this one!)
Your turn! Call and response is a great way to get students connecting their instruments to what they hear. It’s also a safe way to lead...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Oct 22, 20192 min read
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How to Use a Looper (and more) with Students
A step by step process on how to develop string playing students' creativity through looping.
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Oct 2, 20193 min read
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TWINKLE ARCADE News and Updates!
It's been a few months since the release of TWINKLE ARCADE in D, which gives us plenty of time to review how it's going...and you know...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Dec 23, 20182 min read
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Repetition and Practice Strategies: What We Learned From Playing String Commander
About a month ago, I was working with a student who was struggling with focusing on smaller sections of his music with practice. His mom...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Mar 1, 20185 min read
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Are You Sure about that Instrument?
Buying an instrument can be tough. It's time to say what a lot of teachers don't want to say, because it's no fun letting someone know...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Sep 13, 20174 min read
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Review - Beyond the Music Lesson: Habits of Successful Suzuki Families
Christine Wilson Goodner’s Beyond the Music Lesson is a well-thought out resource written for Suzuki parents and teachers alike. My...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Aug 18, 20172 min read
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Put Your Phone Down, Flip It And Reverse It: Learning Music With The Selfie Cam
Lights, Camera, Action! Most of my cello teachers had a mirror that we would use in lessons, and they suggested having one at home to get...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Apr 12, 20172 min read
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The Non Fancy Guide to Controlling Vibrato
Kung Fu Movie Trailer or Cello Vid? Read on to find out... Last week, at the request of some of my orchestra director friends, I put my...
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Mar 31, 20171 min read
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Them's Fightin' Words! Using Verbal Judo to Guide Your Child in Practice
As I shared a few weeks back on Instagram, I have been reading George J. Thompson and Jerry B. Jenkins’ Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of...
Rachel Samson
Mar 20, 20175 min read
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Think Like A Gamer: Power Up Your String Player Stats
Photo credit: Keli Cardoso de Melo As a kid growing up, video games pushed me into a world where the outcome was completely up to me....
Neil Fong Gilfillan
Feb 17, 20173 min read
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