Following the success of the first edition, the new and greatly improved second edition of ‘Learning Strategies for Musical Success’ is now available. Email mdgriffin63@gmail.com for your complimentary excerpt from Chapter One. ‘Learning Strategies for Musical Success’ demonstrates how the quantity and…
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Music Practice V Passive Leisure
I did not wish to find when I came to die that I had not lived. – Henry David Thoreau The systematic time investment required for musical progress can be stolen by time thieves, and television is one of the…
Five Lessons from Surfing in Bali for Music Teachers
I’m presently in Bali for business and pleasure. I’ve taken up surfing, and the challenge and difficulty reminds me of the learning and teaching process for mastering music. I almost talked myself out of it. Am I getting a bit old for…
Tagged with: expertise, Michael Griffin, music, music education
Posted in character, Chunking, mindset, motivation, Music Education, Music psychology, Nature, Physical education, Practice, Repetition, slow practice
Posted in character, Chunking, mindset, motivation, Music Education, Music psychology, Nature, Physical education, Practice, Repetition, slow practice
The Tools for Musical Progress
I’ve just completed a speaking tour in Australia taking in Melbourne, Sydney, Bathurst, Newcastle, Launceston and Ulverstone. My talks were directed to staffs and students – general and music-specific – in school classrooms, assemblies and at conferences. I’d like to share…
Tagged with: expertise, Michael Griffin, music, music education
Posted in Chunking, Music Education, Music psychology, Pianists, Practice, prep, Repetition, slow practice
Posted in Chunking, Music Education, Music psychology, Pianists, Practice, prep, Repetition, slow practice
Music Education for Character Education
In 2015 the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham called for character education to be embedded in UK curriculum. The report linked strong character traits such as resilience and perseverance to higher educational achievement, employability,…
How to Become an Expert – A Musical Perspective
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being a guest on Eugene Loh’s 938Live radio show ‘A Slice of Life’ in Singapore. We talked about the nature and pursuit of expertise, mostly -but not exclusively – from a musical…
Do you play background music in your classroom?
Background music is used extensively throughout society, particularly in marketing, sports psychology and medicine. It is used to reduce stress, create an illusion, manipulate perception, alter people’s emotional state, and to enhance well-being. What about the use of background music…
Tagged with: ambience, background music, emotional intelligence, EQ, Michael Griffin, music, music education, music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
Background Music with Homework? Part 4: Music and Study
A continuation from Background Music with Homework? Part 3 -Music in Society, Part 2 -Stress, emotions and music and Part 1. To understand this post you should read these first. This is the final instalment. In the previous blog I discussed some ways…
Tagged with: background music, emotional intelligence, EQ, Michael Griffin, music, music education, music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
Background Music with Homework? Part 3: Music in Society
A continuation from Background Music with Homework? Part 2 -Stress, emotions and music and Part 1. I recommend you read these first. As said in the previous blog, music evokes emotion, and emotion affects physiological change. Consequently music has the…
Tagged with: background music, emotional intelligence, EQ, Michael Griffin, music, music education, music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Multiple Intelligence, Music Education, Music psychology
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