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Category Archives: Ideas

12 Tips for Memorizing Piano Music

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 March 2010
I’ll be the first one to admit: memorizing music does not come easily to me.  I really have to work at it, and it takes a lot of time.  Over the past couple of years, I have been reading and trying out everything I could find about memorizing music, and I’ve come up with a [...]
Also posted in Advanced Level, Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Group Keyboard, Improving as a Teacher, Intermediate Level, Memorization, Practicing, Recitals / Performances, Topics in Teaching Piano | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Free Board Game for Music Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 February 2010
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 - [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, For During the Lesson, Games, Intermediate Level, Music Theory, Other Resources, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Topics in Teaching Piano, piano camps | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

My recent find

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 February 2010
Just thought I’d show off my recent find – I was at a outlet store a couple of weeks ago, and I found these laminated boards for students to draw music symbols using a dry erase marker.  One side has the symbols pictured….
Also posted in Studio Class / Group Lessons, Topics in Teaching Piano, What I'm Up To | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Incorporating Improvisation | Part 5d in the series

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 February 2010
This is a continuation of the series on the topic: incorporating improvisation into private piano teaching.  I had originally planned to post all 4 steps into one post, but the post would be too lengthy.  So the topic “Incorporating Improvisation” is being divided into 4 separate posts: Develop Related Skills Create an atmosphere conducive to improvisation Use improvisation [...]
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30 Theme Ideas for the Music Studio Events

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 February 2010
Here’s a list of 30 theme ideas for music studio events!  Themes can be used as the studio theme for the school year, or for summer music camps, or for studio recitals.  If used for the studio theme for the whole year, there are a number of ways the theme can be incorporated: the incentive [...]
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Incorporating Improvisation | Part 5c in the series

By joy (admin) | Published: 1 February 2010
This is a continuation of the series on the topic: incorporating improvisation into private piano teaching.  I had originally planned to post all 4 steps into one post, but the post would be too lengthy.  So the topic “Incorporating Improvisation” is being divided into 4 separate posts: Develop Related Skills Create an atmosphere conducive to improvisation Use improvisation [...]
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Incorporating Improvisation | Part 5b in the series

By joy (admin) | Published: 29 January 2010
This is a continuation of the series on the topic: incorporating improvisation into private piano teaching.  I had originally planned to post all 4 steps into one post, but the post would be too lengthy.  So the topic “Incorporating Improvisation” is being divided into 4 separate posts: Develop Related Skills Create an atmosphere conducive to improvisation Use improvisation [...]
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Incorporating Improvisation | Part 5a of the series

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 January 2010
Now to the heart of the discussion!  We’ve already covered some common obstacles encountered when trying to incorporate improvisation, and we’ve briefly discussed the history and the value of improvisation.  Now let’s discuss a practical way to incorporate improvisation (non-jazz improvisation, in particular) into the piano lesson. There are 4 steps in the method I am [...]
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Organizing your Music Books

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 December 2009
How do your organize your library of music books?  About a month ago, I purchased a new bookshelf (see photo) for my music, because most of my books were still in boxes with no place to go since our move to our new apartment.  In just a few hours, I managed to re-organize all my [...]
Also posted in Improving as a Teacher, Repertoire/Method Books, Topics in Teaching Piano, What I'm Up To | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Teacher Resources @ Clavier’s Piano Explorer site

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 November 2009
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 [...]
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