Over the last few weeks, I’ve shared a couple of video tutorials about how to create rhythm worksheets using two rhythm music fonts and how to create other types of music worksheets using two other music fonts for putting notes on the staff. If you watched either video, you probably saw how wonderfully easy it is to use [...]
This tutorial is a follow-up on my last tutorial, which was about making rhythms using music fonts when making music worksheets. This tutorial is about writing melodies using two music fonts: MusiQuik and StaffClefPitchesEasy (click here to read my complete post about music fonts). These two fonts are a little more complicated to use than the rhythm [...]
A frequent question I receive from blog readers is about what method/software do I use to make music worksheets. Since discovering music fonts (and publishing my blog post on music fonts last Spring), I have been using music fonts more and more for my printables and using Finale less and less. Finale is great and totally [...]
Princess Piano is an iPhone/iPad app by the developer Dented Pixel. I recently stumbled upon this app in the iTunes store, and decided to give it a whirl! When you first open the app, it allows you to login under your own name. The app’s settings allow you to change players, and to choose the [...]
I received an email from a reader over the weekend, asking if I had any suggestions for a color printer. I bought a new printer about a year ago, so I told her all about that. I bought an Epson WorkForce 645 about a year ago. I chose the Epson brand based on the reviews I [...]
The next session was called: Understanding the Physiology of Music Performance Through Biofeedback, by Kathleen Riley. Kathleen Riley is a pioneer in using technology she refers to as “biofeedback” to monitor movement and muscles in order to help musicians eliminate pain, tension, or discomfort in their shoulders, arms, backs, etc. She began her session with a [...]
Rhythm Cat – Cost: Free version (15 levels) is FREE; Rhythm Cat Pro is $2.99. The pro version is available currently for iPhone/iPod Touch — and the pro version for iPad is coming out soon! This app is a fun and effective way to improve rhythm skills. Let me tell you why! On each level, [...]
On Friday, I gave a presentation for the local MTNA chapter back in my hometown, the Piano Teachers’ Forum of Grand Rapids. This association was the first one I joined as an undergraduate music major and piano teacher. I learned so much from the presentations I attended during those years! It was so fun to [...]
iTalk app | Cost: Free (with ads) or Premium version: $1.99 (no ads), for iPhone and iPad. This app is the perfect solution when recording audio of your or your students’ playing. In many cases, I record video of my students playing during piano lessons; but sometimes I want only audio, so that I can get better [...]
Noteworks – Cost: $4.99. (For iPad only.) Click here to view in iTunes. This app is designed for students to practice identifying notes on the staff and finding the corresponding piano keys. Noteworks features an adorable little “Munchy” who eats the notes when the student identifies the notes correctly!
SpeakBeat - Cost: $1.99. View it in the iTunes store here. SpeakBeat is a metronome app, but with a twist: it “speaks” the beats! Just choose the time signature and choose whether you’d like sub beats counted (the “and’s,” “one-and-a’s,” and the “one-e-and-a’s”) or not. The tempo can be adjusted from 20-240 bpm. There are [...]
I’ve been enjoying the wonders of my iPod Touch 4g for nearly two years now. However, recently, my hubby and I upgraded our cell phones to the glorious iPhone 4. There isn’t really much difference between the two, other than that now I don’t have to carry both a phone and the iPod around with [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
