That "Ah hah!" Moment

This morning we were continuing our work with Four Voice Harmony in history & theory class. We're getting into some really in depth music theory material here, so if I'm going to lose anyone in my class, now's about when it will happen. One of my students was struggling and struggling to understand how notes work on the Bass Clef and how it's different from the Treble Clef. No matter what I did, she couldn't grasp it. And now that we're on to Four Voice Harmony, we're layering even more responsibility on top of knowing Bass and Treble Clefs.

I was working with this particular student today trying to get her to figure it all out. And then, suddenly, about 10 minutes before the bell ring, that student had her "Ah Hah!" moment. She did one problem and asked if it was correct. It was. She did the next relatively quickly and, again, it was correct. Excitedly she ripped through the remaining six problems on the page, each one completely correct with no help from me. Eureka!

Sometimes I think I might actually be a good teacher.