Category Archives: Humor

Music-Related Pet Names

By joy (admin) | Published: 11 May 2010
My husband and I recently rescued a cat (pictured at right)!  We spent a lot of time thinking up a name for her.  I wanted to give her a music related name, but as it turned out, we ended up agreeing to name her “Kira.”  But for any of you who might wish to give [...]
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Some Page-Turning Humor

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 April 2010
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Best Piano Jokes

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 March 2010
I’ve just compiled list of kid-friendly piano jokes…read on below to check them out! This compilation of piano jokes is also available as a pdf to give out to your students/parents, available on the Printables > Other Resources page.  Click here to view! * * * Student to Teacher: “I can’t reach the brakes on [...]
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Collaborative Piano Humor

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 March 2010
In this delightfully humorous post, Billie Whittaker shares some collaborative piano humor.  She shares some humorous tendencies she has observed in collaborative pianists — such as having advanced photocopying skills, and possessing strong opinions on the ‘use of plastic music protectors’ debate.  She goes on to share some of her own quirks — such as [...]
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Music/Christmas humor @ MMmusing blog

By joy (admin) | Published: 11 December 2009
I discovered this charming video at the MMmusing blog.  Take a listen: The 12 Composers of Christmas I love all of the music humor in this!  Be sure to check out the rest of the MMmusing blog for other fun multimedia projects.
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Piano makes taking the stairs more fun!

By joy (admin) | Published: 16 November 2009
Here’s a fun idea for making the stairs more fun to use!  Watch the video below:
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Using Adjectives to Capture the Imagination

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 November 2009
One of the ideas I’ve been exploring extensively throughout the research I’m doing for my paper for college (the one about improvisation) is making music musical.  This seems so obvious, but really, what would music be without musicality?  Check out this video, of a robot playing the violin. Speaking of which, have you ever had [...]
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Best of Summer 2009

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 November 2009
Wow, it’s November already.  Here in Michigan, the signs of autumn’s arrival are unmistakable: I can see my breath in the morning when my husband and I ride our bikes to campus. I hauled out my warm, knee-high leather boots out from the midst of the “under-bed.” The trees are changing colors.  I just love [...]
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YouTube: Jammin’ on a Giant Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 October 2009
How many of us piano teachers (and students) would love to have one of THESE in our pianos studios?!  The video below shows a couple of young professional foot piano players playing/dancing on a giant foot piano: Want to buy one?  They do indeed sell them — for just $250,000 apiece.   Start saving!!
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Checklist for Planning Student Recitals

By joy (admin) | Published: 29 September 2009
Student Recitals are great because they give students a goal to work towards, giving their lessons more direction and increasing the student’s motivation for making progress on their pieces.  Parents and grandparents also love them, because they get a chance to watch the students play their pieces onstage. Here’s a checklist for when you plan [...]
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