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Category Archives: Technology

New Facebook integration

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 February 2010
Exciting news: you can now follow the Color In My Piano blog via Facebook!  Click the new button on the left, Find Us On Facebook, to view our page on Facebook.  Become a fan and receive blog updates right in your new feed! In addition, now when you leave comments on posts at colorinmypiano.com, you can [...]
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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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Keyboards vs. Acoustic Pianos

By joy (admin) | Published: 26 January 2010
Check out these pictures at dvice.com, featuring modern keyboard designs by Yamaha!  I particularly like the one shown in the screenshot at right. Would I ever buy a keyboard such as this?  No, probably not.  If I had the money to spend, I’d buy an acoustic piano, not a keyboard.  Acoustic pianos are still far superior [...]
Also posted in Improving as a Teacher, Posture at the Piano, What I'm Up To | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Practicing for juries…

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 December 2009
The end of the semester at college is near!  I’m been working hard on my piano pieces for juries (the end-of-the-semester for music majors).  Take a listen: Visit my YouTube channel by clicking here.
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YouTube: Jammin’ on a Giant Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 October 2009
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!!
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Resources @ makingmusicfun.net

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 September 2009
Have you seen makingmusicfun.net yet?  This site is full of free resources for both teachers and students.  All the materials available at Making Music Fun have super-cute graphics in an “under the sea” theme.   For teachers: Sheet music (both arranged and unarranged, organized by level) Composer worksheets Music achievement certificates Practice charts Manuscript paper Intervals worksheets and more! For kids: Music theory arcade games “Meet [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, Intermediate Level, Music Theory, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Closer Look at MuseScore: FREE music notation software

By joy (admin) | Published: 31 August 2009
Move over, Finale and Sibelius!  There’s somebody new in town.  MuseScore is a music notation software available FREE online for anyone to download.  After doing a brief test drive last spring (mentioned here), I decided to take a closer look now that it’s available for Mac users. I’ve been a faithful Finale user since 2005, mainly [...]
Also posted in Composition, Improving as a Teacher, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano, What I'm Up To | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments
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