IDEA #1

Music Makes You Smarter

There are Musical Benefits to Learning Music
There are Also Non-Musical Benefits
(Some Researchers are calling them extra-musical benefits)
The non-musical benefits are staggering - they range from improved academic skills (for children)
to a host of wellness benefits (in adults).
There are entire foundations dedicated to researching and advocating the benefits.
We doubt if there is much disagreement: improved SAT scores, improved social skills,
learning to produce a quality product, developing good thinking skills . . .
Some day the schools and preschools may step up but no child has time to wait.
There is much agreement about the benefits.
There is some disagreement about how the music should be taught.
So, our IDEAS are not about the value of music
but about the WAY it is taught by private music and school teachers.
IDEA # 2
Beginning students are
often fed a steady diet of
simple sounding,
unappealing music. We
think all of those pieces
could be called Three
Froggies in a Puddle!
Let us show you our BIG
difference. You may not
believe your ears.
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IDEA # 3
When an experienced
Broadway pianist, a
serious reader AND
improviser suggested that
the typical piano lesson
model was all wrong, we
were all ears.
Incomplete curriculum,
lessons that are too short,
unexciting and taught in
an inefficient lesson
format.
We changed the format,
doubled the lesson time,
and created more
excitement. The whole
lesson is designed to
produce good readers and
good improvisers.
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IDEA # 4
Reading music is critical!
But so is learning to
create and improvise
music. Improvisers know
more than music readers
(a lot more) and they are
having more fun (a lot
more). A piano student
who spends their lessons
only learning to read is
being deprived.
CALL TO ARRANGE A
NO - OBLIGATION VISIT
IDEA # 5
There are teachers who
want your child to wait
until 7 or 8.
Were sure that has more
to do with the teachers
inability to teach serious
musical concepts and
skills to a preschooler
than with the
preschoolers ability to
learn serious musical
skills and concepts.
There is much research
that suggests the earlier
the better.
SEND FOR A LIST OF
SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
YOUR CHILD CAN LEARN
BEFORE THEY LOSE
THEIR FRONT TEETH
TOO MANY
FROGGIES CAN
SPOIL YOUR PIANO
LESSONS.
THE TYPICAL PIANO
LESSON MODEL IS
ALL WRONG.
PIANO STUDENTS
SHOULD LEARN
MORE THAN
READING MUSIC.
PIANO LESSONS
OUGHT TO START
WHEN A STUDENT IS
ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD.
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IDEA # 6
Be wary of a teacher who
talks about teaching
theory: as if that was going
to produce a talented ear
player. (We often call the
skill playing by brain).
Even if the theory is
current, success also
depends on learning the
PROCESS that is used by
experienced stylists, and
improvisers.
If you read some music
already, you can now learn
to do what you could have
learned when you were
taking lessons.
CALL FOR A FREE DEMO.
OF OUR CHORDS/IMPROV
WORKSHOP
IDEA # 7
Our MiniMaster
TM
Early
Childhood Music Program
is FULL of substantial
skills and concepts (60).
The students graduate by
passing a test that proves
their music reading skill,
their rhythmic skills, their
ear development and their
musical literacy. Its all
done in an atmosphere of
fun and excitement.
You need to hear the
mothers talk about how
their children keep asking
is it time to go to piano
yet?
VISIT US AND SEE WHY!
IDEA # 8
First of all, youll be
playing enjoyable,
big-sounding pieces that
an adult wants to play.
Second, youll be learning
how to improvise and play
by ear. So, youll sound
good very quickly.
And well teach you to
read music, as well. If you
live somewhere without a
piano, we can furnish a
keyboard that will do all
kinds of fun things while
youre learning.
FREE DEMO, CD or
BRIEFING
IDEA # 9
Its too easy to confuse
credentials with
qualifications.
Good teachers know
what theyre doing and
that may NOT be related
to credentials,
organizational affiliation,
or playing skills.
So, if you have interest,
and a teaching mentality,
you ought to check us
out.
ALL TRAINING IS FREE!
PLAYING BY EAR IS A
SKILL THAT CAN BE
TAUGHT AND
LEARNED.
4,5 AND 6 YEAR OLDS
DESERVE MORE
THAN SOME SINGING
AND SCHMOOZING.
WE HAVE THE
PERFECT LESSON
PROGRAM FOR
ADULTS AND
SENIORS.
THERE ARE SOME
PIANO PLAYERS WHO
OUGHT TO BE
TEACHING IF THEY
HAD ENOUGH
SUPPORT, HANDS-ON
TRAINING AND THE
BEST, EASY TO
FOLLOW MATERIALS.
IDEA #10
1/2 hour private lessons
range from $10.00 per
lesson to $30.00 per
lesson. Our lessons are 1
hour long and cost less
than the $10 variety. Well
cover much more
information AND youll
never have to make a trip
to a music store.
COME AND SEE HOW IT
WORKS
IDEA #11
Our latest product is a CD
presentation called, 52
Chords in 90 Minutes.
There are 3 volumes
which eventually cover
152 chords. It just doesnt
get any easier than this!
CALL FOR YOUR COPY
IDEA #12
Live near lots of kids? Use
our teaching model and
materials and earn $1800
per month working 11
hours a week.
FREE TRAINING.
We can train, certify,
support you AND provide
you with the most
competitive curriculum
available.
TALK TO US
IDEA #13
Because we purchase
music and instruments
wholesale, a MusicMas-
ter Insider saves money
on many musical items.
ITS EASY
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HIGH QUALITY
LESSONS OUGHT TO
BE AFFORDABLE.
LEARNING CHORDS,
IMPROVISING AND
PLAYING BY EAR MAY
BE EASIER THAN
YOU THINK.
YOU CAN OPEN A
STUDIO IN YOUR
AREA.
MUSICMASTER
TM
INSIDERS SAVE
MONEY ON MUSIC
AND MUSICAL ITEMS.
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IDEA #14
That was the response
from two ladies at our
table at a wedding
luncheon.
Thats the problem for
most parents - they would
recognize and appreciate
a better program if they
just knew that it existed.
We hope this letter is
your introduction to an
exciting alternative.
IDEA #15
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IDEA #16
If a teacher is chosen
because of location, it
may be convenient, but
WHERE the student takes
their lesson, week after
week, is important.
Weve spent money and
effort to be sure our
studio doesnt look like
someones living room.
When its the students
living room, the problem
gets worse. At least,
there ought to be a white
board, some software,
some teaching aids and
no cats.
Come and visit our studio
and see what we mean.
IDEA #17
There is great,
inexpensive software and
hardware that is only
useful to a student who
is learning to create
music and play by ear.
Band-in-a Box,
iReal Pro,
Classroom Maestro,
Internet Midi,
Finale, etc.
And, because we
distribute and re-sell
some of that software, we
can teach and train
anyone anywhere in the
world.
From our computer
screen to yours.
Want to see it work?
DO YOU MEAN TO
TELL ME THAT IVE
BEEN SENDING MY
KIDS TO PIANO
LESSONS ALL THESE
YEARS AND NO ONE
EVER TOLD ME
THERE
WAS AN
ALTERNATIVE?
A GIFT FOR
SUBSCRIBING
WHAT ABOUT THE
STUDIO/ LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT?
ONLINE/DVD
TRAINING AND
LEARNING
IDEA #18
MusicMasters has created a compelling program that teaches piano to the truly creative student of music. (Private School
Music Teacher - Masters Degree)
I am so thrilled with your system!!! So many of your presentation ideas are ingenious! I have be staying up til 1 and 2 in
the mornings thoroughly engrossed in trying to internalize the concepts. (8th Level Suzuki Tchr.)
Thanks for all the work and time and effort you put into writing all those manuals. Theres not enough time in the day to
satisfy my hunger to learn. (Experienced Tchr. and composer converting to our system)
When I moved back East I looked and couldnt find anything like it. (A Teacher)
I dont know what youre doing with Kate but its working. She plays these gorgeous little melodies... (Mother of a 5 year old
student - Kate passed the MiniMaster Graduation Test on her 5th birthday)
I have enjoyed seeing, even more, how amazing your program is. (Teacher in training)
I understand piano but teaching really scared me. This program is so step by step and descriptive that I dont have to
prepare everyday for what Im going to teach. I have adults and their kids. The adults love it because they arent just playing
silly little beginner songs. I love it because there are different parts to the lesson. It keeps them interested. I had a Mom
tell me yesterday that ever since she pulled her child out of regular piano lessons and put her in this program, her light for
piano has come back. The program is so well put together, I cant even imagine trying to teach without it! (From Eastern
Utah)
If Id had this program when I was younger, I would have been more prepared for college. Im seeing 6 year olds doing
things that I didnt know until I started college. (Kate - Graduate student in Piano Performance)
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