The Classic Survival Guide For Kids Who Are Learning A Musical Instrument, But Hate Practising
Filled with ideas, hints and games, this book takes on the battle that countless parents have with their children as they try to get them to practise. The first part of the book shows how to make practising more productive, so that your child can do in fifteen minutes what might otherwise take hours. The second part of the book is devoted to making the whole experience not only bearable, but fun. You bought the instrument. You are paying for the lessons. There is only one thing missing - and you are reading it now . . .
So if your child suddenly asks for a pack of cards because they want to go and give the hard bits a hard time, you know they have been reading this book. As a concert pianist with a recording contract with a major international label, and as someone who learned the violin for ten years and hated every second of it, Philip Johnston is uniquely placed to write a book on practising, because he understands what it is like to avoid it. (Reliable sources say he did thirty-five minutes of violin practice altogether in those ten years, and used to over-tighten the strings until they broke to avoid lessons . . .)
