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Category Archives: Intermediate Level
Free Board Game for Music Students
Just added to the Printables page: a free piano-bench-sized board game for music students, called Adventures in Music! I am so thrilled to be offering this game on my website. This is my first attempt at creating a music game for students, and I’m quite excited about the results.
Here’s the lowdown:
Designed for 2-4 players - [...]
Teacher Resources @ Clavier’s Piano Explorer site
Many piano teachers subscribe to Clavier magazine, and some even subscribe their students to Clavier’s Piano Explorer, the music magazine for kids. I recently found out that their site contains some great resources for teaching about various composers and concepts in music history. This month, there have some great resources about Beethoven, including:
Links to YouTube recordings, organized [...]
Just Added! Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style
[This is a re-post of this post -- the files have now been added to the Printables portion of this website. (Thanks, Natalie!) Sorry for any confusion.]
Just added to the Printables > Lesson Plans page:
Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style (also take a peek below)
Also see the accompanying handouts here.
A few [...]
Free Sheet Music @ pianostreet.com
Free sheet music is always a good thing, right? :]
By signing up for a free Silver membership over at pianostreet.com, you’ll have access to free pdfs of classical music scores, including:
Bach – 15 Inventions
Beethoven – 32 Sonatas
Burgmuller – 3 pieces from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies
Schumann - Traumerei
Tchaikovsky – 2 pieces from Album for the [...]
Also posted in Advanced Level, By Student's Level, Repertoire/Method Books, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano Tagged arrangements, classical, free, music, printable, sheet music Leave a comment
Resources @ makingmusicfun.net
Have you seen makingmusicfun.net yet? This site is full of free resources for both teachers and students. All the materials available at Making Music Fun have super-cute graphics in an “under the sea” theme.
For teachers:
Sheet music (both arranged and unarranged, organized by level)
Composer worksheets
Music achievement certificates
Practice charts
Manuscript paper
Intervals worksheets
and more!
For kids:
Music theory arcade games
“Meet [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, Music Theory, Resources / Links, Technology, Topics in Teaching Piano Tagged arrangements, free, free worksheets, games, intervals, piano teaching Leave a comment
Book Review: Soprano on Her Head
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I just finished reading a marvelous book, called Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances, by Eloise Ristad. My piano professor recommended I read this book during a lesson when we were discussing performance anxiety (which I experience frequently, I must admit).
In this easy-to-read, humorous book, Ristad shares her [...]
Also posted in Advanced Level, Beginners/Elementary Level, Book Review, By Student's Level, For During the Lesson, Humor, Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Improvisation, Inspiration, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano, What I'm Up To Tagged Book Review, Eloise Ristad, music, performance anxiety, soprano on her head Leave a comment
NEW Printables Added: Review Tests A-J plus a Guide
If you navigate over to the Printables > Worksheets area, you will find some new worksheets listed. This set of Review Tests was originally created for group keyboard classes of various age groups, but they may easily be adapted for other uses. The set is basically a set of progressive worksheets testing in the areas [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Music Theory, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Subjects, Worksheets Tagged free, intervals, music, piano, Printables, review, scales, test, theory, Worksheets 2 Comments
Example Studio Policies handout
Here’s a sample of my Studio Policies handout I made during my Piano Pedagogy class at college. (This one is just a sample — the info is not completely accurate to my own studio policies.) Hope it helps in making your own!
Also posted in Advanced Level, Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Lesson Plans, Printables Tagged music studio, new student, piano, piano teaching, print, studio policies Leave a comment
12 Tips for Memorizing Piano Music