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Just Added: Scales & Primary Chords Worksheet 1 (CGDF)
Also posted in Advanced Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Intermediate Level, Studio Class / Group Lessons, piano camps, printables, worksheets Tagged chords, free, major, music, piano, piano teaching, printables, scales, teachers, theory, worksheets Leave a comment
My Thoughts on Practice Requirements
Many of you may remember being required by your piano teachers growing up to practice a certain amount of minutes each day/week. Perhaps your requirement looked something like this: 15 minutes a day, 140 minutes each week, or 45 minutes, 5 days a week. One of my previous teachers built her incentive program around how [...]
Also posted in Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Motivation, Topics in Teaching Piano, incentive programs, practicing Tagged motivating, music studio, piano students, piano teaching, practicing, teachers 2 Comments
Fun tip
Today I just thought I’d share a fun little tip I learned from one of my students this week! Yes, you read that right: she taught me. =) She is a young beginner student, just learning how to read music on the staff. She informed me that she came up with a way for remembering [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, My Students, inspiration Tagged beginners, piano teaching, teachers, tips 2 Comments
May 20-27 Free Giveaway: Drawing Music Symbols Boards
I am excited to announce the first ever free giveaway on the Color In My Piano blog! *drumroll…* THREE lucky winners will each be mailed a pair of laminated boards for learning and drawing music symbols. (You may recall when I blogged about these boards here. I am keeping my set, of course, but I [...]
Also posted in Games, Ideas, Studio Class / Group Lessons, What I'm Up To, giveaways, piano camps Tagged free, giveaways, music, piano teaching, teachers 20 Comments
Just added: Performing at the Piano Worksheet
Just added: a new free, printable worksheet called: > Performing at the Piano Worksheet Just in time for the spring recital season, this fill-in-the-blank worksheet is intended to help prepare students for an upcoming recital or other performance by discussing stage presence and performance etiquette. Terms/concepts covered in the worksheet: Memorizing Applause Bowing Checking the [...]
Also posted in Advanced Level, Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Intermediate Level, Memorization, Recitals / Performances, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Topics in Teaching Piano, printables, worksheets Tagged free, group lessons, music, piano, piano teaching, printables, recitals, worksheets Leave a comment
A Follow-up on Recording Students Before Performances
I don’t know about you, but I have some students who are participating in a spring performance coming up soon! Last week, I recorded my student Jean playing her recital piece during her lesson (click to read more about recording students as preparation for performances). Then we spent some time listening and discussing the recording. [...]
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Preparing for Student Recitals: Recording!
Many of us teachers are probably currently preparing our student for spring recitals, so today I thought it might be beneficial to discuss a way of preparing for performances: recording your students playing their pieces, and then listening to the playback together. Benefits of Recording The student practices performing. Playing for a recording device can [...]
Also posted in Advanced Level, Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Intermediate Level, Interpretation, Recitals / Performances, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Technology, Topics in Teaching Piano, practicing Tagged performances, piano, piano teaching, recitals, recording 2 Comments
Play forte – but NOT accented…
You know, learning to play an instrument is all about making breakthroughs. There are so many things to consider and train yourself to do. It’s a complicated process! You are never done learning. There’s always room for improvement. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been realizing that when I play forte on the piano — [...]
Improvisation Yields Creativity and Musical Understanding