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Category Archives: Humor
Piano makes taking the stairs more fun!
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
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 students [...]
Best of Summer 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 the brilliant displays [...]
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YouTube: Jammin’ on a Giant Piano
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!!
Checklist for Planning Student Recitals
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 your [...]
55 reasons why you might be a theory geek
You might be a theory geek if…
your favorite pickup line is, “What’s your favorite augmented sixth chord?”
your second favorite pickup line is, “Would you like to raise my leading tone?”
you dream in four parts.
your biological clock follows a non-retrogradable isorhythm.
you can improvise 16th century counterpoint with no trouble, but you frequently forget how to tie [...]
Best free manuscript paper
Just thought I’d share a little tip today about where to find THE best free manuscript paper (in my humble opinion): Antonjazz.com
There are hundreds of sites out there that offer free manuscript paper (aka staff paper). But this is my absolute favorite.
Now, you must know, I do a little composing every now and then. [...]
Also posted in Composition, Music Theory, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano Tagged Composition, free, manuscript paper, music, staff paper 1 Comment
CATcerto – a modern composition
Perhaps you’ve seen Nora the cat play the piano on YouTube before. Well, the modern composer Mindaugas Piecaitis managed to compose a concerto out of Nora’s movie! Check out the video below.
This composition is a great example of combining modern technology with music – and it’s delightfully humorous to boot! The sky truly is the limit.
For [...]
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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 [...]
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