Website hits the right notes for music teachers

Music teachers from across the world have been quick to register with a new online training programme they can use with their students.

Until now it has been difficult to ask students to practise their aural skills between lessons as it requires someone else to play pieces of music before analysing them.

Listening skills though are a very important part of developing musicianship. In turn these skills not only inform and enhance performance but also increase the enjoyment students gain from listening to music throughout their life.

www.hofnote.co.uk have developed an innovative way of using the Internet to provide practice online. Students find this way of learning less stressful and if they are preparing for exams it prepares them so they can go in feeling more confident and relaxed.

Feedback from teachers who have used it is overwhelmingly positive as this piano teacher from the UK says, "The great thing about Hofnote is that everything is tailored to the required level, while grabbing the student's interest to repeatedly have a go at the assignments. It is impossible to allocate enough lesson time to this aspect of the practical exam without other areas suffering."