What is JOC, anyway?  There’s JMC, YMC, JAC, JXC, MAC…so many acronyms to keep track of in the Yamaha world.  The latter are all acronyms for music courses in the Yamaha Music Education System, but JOC is a unique and …

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I’ve been teaching the Yamaha method since the 1970s, and it’s had many makeovers since I started.  Here is a brief history of the Yamaha method, and glimpse of what it used to be like to teach back then. It’s …

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  You might be wondering why Yamaha Music Classes for children are unlike any other music classes?  There are many differences in how Yamaha music classes are taught, and for every difference there is, there are reasons that are research-based …

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