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Category Archives: Resources / Links

Practice Tips @ “The Practice Notebook” blog

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 February 2010
I was recently introduced to “The Practice Notebook” blog, created by flautist Zara Lawler.  She has tons of excellent tips for practicing efficiently, no matter what instrument you play.  Most notably, I found some excellent blog posts about her method of memorizing music.  In my experience, many teachers have their students memorize their pieces, but [...]
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Links page has been updated

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 February 2010
The Links page here at colorinmypiano.com has been updated!  I’ve created a new category devoted to sites with free sheet music, preferably for piano. My personal favorite: IMSLP / The Petruccit Library This site contains TONS of sheet music pdfs of the great classical works!  Just this week, for example, I was looking to round out one of [...]
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Resources @ musicmotivationblog.com

By joy (admin) | Published: 16 February 2010
At the musicmotivationblog.com, there are a variety of free resources available for teachers and students.  Particularly, there are pdfs of pentascales, chords, chord progressions, scales, etc. in every key.  New resources are added daily, so be sure to visit regularly.  To check the listing of free resources, click here!
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Great deals on Henle Editions this month

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 February 2010
Just wanted to pass on this info I received in an email this week: Prima Music is offering 25% off Henle editions until February 15, 2010. Henle is a great edition especially for Bach and Beethoven. Personally, I plan stock up on their wonderful vinyl covers to protect my books. I also want to try out this book of [...]
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Free New Age Piano mp3s

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 January 2010
I recently came across an interesting site containing free mp3s of new age solo piano music.  What a great resource to pass on to my piano students!  It’s important for students to listen to a wide variety of music, but often they are only exposed to pop music.  New age piano music is bound to [...]
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Teacher Resources @ ptg.org

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 January 2010
I just discovered some fun resources at the Piano Technicians Guild website – check them out!  One highlight is an activity for students to cut out and put together a 3D-ish piano out of paper.  It’s pretty realistic!
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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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Free Christmas mp3s @ Amazon.com

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 December 2009
Over at Amazon.com, they are offering 25 days of free Christmas songs to download!  Right now most notably they are offering “Joy to the World” by Casting Crowns and “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen” by Jars of Clay. There is no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than by listening to Christmas music!  Check [...]
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Best Free Sheet Music Sites

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 November 2009
You can never have too much free music!  Head on over to musictechtips.wordpress.com and check out this post:  11 Best Free Sheet Music Sites.  It is an excellent list of sites that contain free pdfs of sheet music.  A word of caution: not all free sheet music online is copyright free.  Always be careful to observe [...]
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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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