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Lessonface Updated

Claire Cunningham
Friday, May 10th 2019

Today's update should further improve the site speed and other functionality.

If you find any ideas of how we can continue to improve, run into issues, or have immediate concerns don't hesitate to reach out to us!

Thanks for your patience as we improve the site.

Beginner violin student taking a violin lesson online at Lessonface

How to make your violin practice time more effective

Lora
By Lora
Friday, April 19th 2019

Practicing efficiently is a learned skill. Just like you learn to use slurs or vibrato, a violinist must also learn how to practice.

Lessonface free music practice log

Track Your Practice with Our Practice Log

Flavio Lira
Monday, April 15th 2019

Lessonface has created a new optional perk for students: a practice log to help track your daily practice!

Print Your Own Practice Log Template

Easily download the free and easy-to-print practice log template page and notate the practice times by pen or pencil or with stickers.

Kids with a guitar

Guitar 101 for Parents of New Guitarists

Leah Kruszewski
Monday, April 1st 2019

Do you have a young child who just can't wait to start online guitar lessons this fall?  Students age five to seven need more parental involvement than most, especially at the beginning.  Learn these fundamentals so that you can help your child start off right.

Sign Up for the Lessonface Spring Recitals

Claire Cunningham
Friday, March 15th 2019

Join in for the Lessonface spring recitals in June. We have a few different dates and times of day to accomodate students' various time zones and schedules. Those details and more are in the sign up form.

Please sign up here to participate!

Hopefully it goes without saying, but just in case you're wondering -- there is no fee for participating in the recitals and all current Lessonface students are invited to take part. 

Leah Kruszewski, teacher of the year

Lessonface Teacher of the Year for 2018

Claire Cunningham
Tuesday, February 12th 2019

Most popular teacher per instrument in 2018:

Acoustic Guitar (and most popular overall)
Leah Kruszewski

Banjo
Chris Roszell

Bass Guitar
Yonit Spiegelman

Clarinet upgrades

Affordable upgrades for the beginner clarinetist

Liz Ramirez
Wednesday, February 6th 2019

Often it’s the smallest changes that can lead to the biggest improvements. This kind of change can be made using three affordable equipment upgrades I recommend for any beginner clarinetist (these are also great upgrades for anyone who wants higher quality basic equipment). The main outcome of each of these upgrades is more ease of playing and aid in producing a more beautiful tone.

Goal-Giveaway Winners Announced

Claire Cunningham
Friday, February 1st 2019

Thanks to everyone who set goals or interacted in the forum in January and entered our giveaway!

Today we are happy to announce the three winners, in no particular order: congratulations to Charlie, Becca, and Eileen!

We have notified the three winners by email. 

It's not too late to set goals, ever, of course!

If you'd like to use the goal-setting tool on Lessonface to keep track of your goals, first sign in to Lessonface (registration is totally free), and go to the green menu, then Profile, and Goals. 

Enter Our Goal-Setting Giveaway

Claire Cunningham
Tuesday, January 22nd 2019

 

Enter the Lessonface Giveaway
Do one OR both of these two steps to enter the Lessonface Goal-Setting Giveaway:
1. Create goal(s) using the Lessonface goal-setting widget -- sign into Lessonface, then go to the green left-hand menu, and choose "Goals" under "Profile." 
OR
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Lessonface Presents: Conversations with Artists and Educators

Claire Cunningham
Wednesday, January 16th 2019

Lessonface Presents Rebecca Foon, Wolf Eyes, and Michael Attias! Lessonface Presents are open conversations with accomplished artists, which we broadcast live from the Lessonface studio in NYC. We started this line of programming this fall, under the name Face the Music, and are continuing to build on the concept in 2019.

We are excited to announce these upcoming interviews:
Watch them on this page, or click the links and sign up for free to get access to the recording after.

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