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Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Michigan Teachers: 2010 State Conference October 17-19
For any fellow teachers in Michigan: The Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) State Conference is to take place Sunday, October 17 – Tuesday, October 19 at the Detroit Novi Sheraton (21111 Haggerty Rd., Novi). Click here to for more information (including a link to the conference schedule), and click here to register. Martha Hilley is this [...]
Posted in improving as a teacher, resources / links, what I'm up to
Tagged conferences, music, piano teachers
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Just Added: Musical Terms Worksheet #1
This worksheet is intended for beginner/early elementary students who have learned basic note values and musical terms. The student is instructed to match the musical symbol pictured on the left to each corresponding term on the right. Terms covered include: treble clef and bass clef, basic rhythms (quarter note through whole note), and dynamics (piano through forte).
Posted in beginners / elementary Level, by student's level, music theory, printables, worksheets
Tagged free, group lessons, music, piano teaching, printables, terms, worksheets
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Top 5 Reasons to Learn Scales
Why do we learn and practice scales? Is it just for tradition’s sake? This post discusses 5 great reasons for learning and practicing scales.
Posted in memorization, music theory, practicing, technique
Tagged fingering, music, piano, piano teaching, practicing, scales, technique, theory
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Studio Business: Making a Memorable Impression
Last week, I came across a very interesting article about how your business cards are a representation of your business. The article features a number of examples of memorable and creative business cards, including the “piano repair” business cards pictured on the right. Click here to read the article for yourself: 15+ Business Cards Visualizing the [...]
Posted in resources / links, studio business
Tagged business cards, piano, piano teachers, studio, studio business
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Just Added: Five-Finger Pattern (b’s) Review
This worksheet is intended as a review of all the major five-finger patterns (5FPs) with flats; however, using the “WWHW” pattern template, students can easily figure out any 5FPs that they might not already be familiar with. This worksheet will help students become more familiar with the accidentals needed for each FFP and what each FFP looks like when played on the keyboard.
Posted in music theory, printables, worksheets
Tagged free, group lessons, music, piano, piano students, piano teaching, printables, theory, worksheets
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Advice for Teachers Seeking to Professionalize their Studios
This week, I received an friendly email from a piano teacher in Texas who is looking for ways to professionalize her studio. I already sent her a reply via email but I was thinking that you readers may have some suggestions and advice for her too — so here are some of her questions! Do [...]
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Tagged music studio, piano, piano teachers, piano teaching, professionalize, studio business
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Developing a Good Sense of Rhythm
Developing a good sense of rhythm is one of the most challenging parts of being a piano teacher. It’s not something that arrives overnight, and it’s something that must be maintained as the student advances to music with more advanced rhythms and time signatures. It truly is something that must be developed. I’d like to [...]
Just Added: Five-Finger Pattern Review (#’s)
Just added to the page of free Printables: Five-Finger Pattern Review (#’s) worksheet This worksheet is intended as a review of all the major five-finger patterns (5FPs) with sharps; however, using the “WWHW” pattern template, students can easily figure out any 5FPs that they might not already be familiar with. This worksheet will help students [...]
Posted in music theory, printables, worksheets
Tagged five finger patterns, free, group lessons, music, piano, piano teaching, printables, theory, worksheets
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Introducing Students to New Pieces
The first look at a new piece is crucial. As accomplished pianists/teachers, we automatically know to scan the piece to check the time signature, key signature, texture, composer, title, etc. before playing through a piece. Of course, we were trained to go through those steps before sightreading through a piece. Before having students sightread, what do [...]
Posted in ear training, practicing, private lessons, repertoire / methods, settings:, sightreading
Tagged ear training, piano teaching, repertoire, sight reading
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