For many novice music teachers, creating and implementing effective music lessons can be a tedious process. Moreover, preparing a music lesson is quite different from lesson planning in other areas, creating a disconnect that music educators may feel when trying to make music lessons fit a classroom lesson-plan model. However, most music teachers have accumulated an extensive array of experiences as performers in their teacher-training programs. These experiences create a significant advantage that music teachers have over teachers with no musical background when it comes to lesson preparation and delivery.