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Teach strings with ease and confidence. Achieve more with my books and courses.

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Teaching strings shouldn’t feel like a struggle.
You wish you could make a bigger difference for your students.

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Testimonials

Working with Smart Music Theory has been of great benefit to me and to my students. With multiple split grade classes, the ability to provide students with clear units of work that allows them…Read more....

Deborah Pady - Toronto

I am a woodwind player teaching strings. Before Grace’s class, my challenges were bow hold and positioning, which made me feel like I wasn’t better able to help my students. Grace had a lot… Read more....

Karen McKenna - New York

Before Grace’s masterclass, I just taught fingerings and used low/regular fingerings. Thinking about fingerings in terms of finger patterns will make them much easier to teach. Having a consistent language will also be helpful… Read more....

Isaiah C. Mason - North Brunswick, NJ

Hello. I am a beginning Viola student and I wanted to take the time to tell you how wonderful your teaching system is. If I were to reorganize a music system for my own… Read more....

Rob Windsor

I would recommend TBSME to any music teacher who is teaching beginner strings. Whether you are a string player or non-string player, you can learn practical teaching strategies that will help you…Read more....

Michael Jameer

Beginner set up tends to be overlooked because time is not always on our side and the concert has to be perfect! I now have the proper vocabulary and techniques to demonstrate what I… Read more....

Mahendra Morales - Freeport, NY

Thank you very much for your workshop on fingering and positions to our third year music education students. Your approach is very logical and efficient; it seemed to me that our students caught… Read more....

Jeffrey Reynolds - Professor, University of Toronto

I love Smart Scales! I have been a private teacher for over 30 years and have found most scale systems to be visually overwhelming for my students. Many are written in small fonts, or… Read more....

Cindy Bryan - Chesapeake, US

This workshop should be a mandatory course or unit of study for music teacher training. It was a practical workshop where we took apart the instrument and the bow and reassembled them afterward. Through… Read more....

Lindsey Wen - Toronto

This course was one of the best Professional Development classes I have ever taken. Grace Law’s teaching style, along with her wealth of knowledge and outstanding pedagogical structure made for an incredible…Read more....

Gregory Tarbox - Pembroke, MA

I took Grace’s online class to push my technology skills and to use my “down time” from school in a constructive way. I have never done a class online! I also wanted to see… Read more....

Mardi Smith - Orchestra Director, Reed Intermediate School, Newtown, CT

I teach middle school and high school beginners to advanced strings. I’m always looking for easier ways to present technique, and I find Grace’s system is better organised than others I have looked at…. Read more....

Giovanni Bobisse - Italy

I’m decades older than most of Grace Law’s students, and adults who have been playing for a while are much harder to teach than kids. But her scale method is changing my technique for… Read more....

Pamela Young - Toronto

I teach private beginner violin and viola. Taking Grace’s class gives me a great way to both be inspired and to have practical tools to easily impart information online! It has given me a… Read more....

Mac McCord - Louisburg, North Carolina

It was wonderful to listen how Grace plays Celtic style music using an easy tune. She demonstrated first and gave feedback on how you can improve. Besides, I also got chance to listen to… Read more....

Elsie Lo

Smart Music Teacher contains a lot of very useful resources that Instrumental teachers can use in their classrooms. I have used Smart Fingering Charts for Strings with Middle School and High School students. The… Read more....

Vivian Peng - Toronto

Thank you for offering this masterclass, Grace! I am beginner fiddler and very much enjoyed the literature and techniques taught in this session. You did a great job managing all of us in the… Read more....

Tom McInnis

Because of Grace Law’s breadth of knowledge along with her expertise in planning and instruction, I feel very well prepared to perform many… Read more....

Gregory Tarbox - MA

Among all the teaching materials I have used and collected so far, Smartstringteacher.com is unique in the way it presents technique clearly, getting straight to the point yet remaining easy to use for the… Read more....

Giovanni Bobisse - Italy

Grace’s maintenance and repair workshop should be a required course for all music education majors! As a wind player, I didn’t learn string repair in college, and as a teacher I’ve been a bit… Read more....

Maureen Isbister - NY, Band Teacher

SMTheory’s method of teaching rhythm is one that addresses all the small details that we as educators might think are obvious to students. It also provides opportunities for students to practice their understanding in many… Read more....

Leonidas Varahidis - Toronto

I absolutely loved your fiddle camp SO MUCH. I learned TONS and it is SO practical. I thought you had a great structure to it and everything we did was of value… Read more....

Olivia

Take the course! For the non-string specialist, it will make you more marketable if you are searching for a job, because you will have the flexibility to take a variety of different music positions…. Read more....

Maureen Isbister - NY, Band Teacher

Smart Scales for Violin is a wonderful tool for any aspiring string student. The method is comprehensive, smartly organized and effective. The results are immediate and students enjoy this easy approach to scales. Read more....

Ivana Popovic - Toronto

Smart String Teacher’s Advanced Fingering Charts are invaluable for illustrating finger patterns. The charts are particularly useful when figuring out shifting arrangements. I refer to them constantly when learning a new piece and while… Read more....

Sharon Scanlan

I used Smart Music Theory with my strings and vocal classes with great success. The lessons are sequential and worksheets are very nicely laid out to enhance students’ understanding. I love that they are… Read more....

Camilla Rayman - Toronto

I have worked with Grace’s students, and she has a wonderful way of teaching instrumental music so that it is approachable, effective, and enjoyable. She is persistent in finding practical yet solid solutions to… Read more....

Alessia Disimino - Toronto

Grace’s class is very focused and hands-on. It gives all of the tools one needs to be successful in the string classroom in a way that is engaging and creative. Grace has tried and… Read more....

Will Snodgrass - Toronto

This class has given me valuable tips on how to correct student mistakes. I liked how this course was hands-on and not just talking. I teach 6th 7th 8th grade strings as a non-string… Read more....

Melanie Johnston - Tempe Middle School

I’ve always had a preconceived notion that one cannot teach strings if one didn’t begin private lessons at a young age. The TBSME course changed my perception of strings teaching and boosted…Read more....

Lindsey Wen - Toronto

This was a great opportunity to experience a step-by-step process for teaching beginner strings. Valuable insight from the perspective of both teacher and student! I was encouraged to see how the Smart String Teacher… Read more....

Elizabeth Seo - Toronto

Grace’s Smart String Teacher method is an organized and clear system that makes sense. Before Grace’s course I was having a hard time transferring my knowledge as a violinist to a beginner… Read more....

Julia Sullivan - Massachusetts

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