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Category Archives: Topics in Teaching Piano

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, Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Intermediate Level, Memorization, Practicing, Recitals / Performances | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

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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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, Ideas, Intermediate Level, Music Theory, Other Resources, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, piano camps | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

3 Benefits of Incorporating Improvisation | Part 6 of the series

By joy (admin) | Published: 11 February 2010
We’ve arrived at the end of the series on incorporating improvisation!  We’ve already discussed the obstacles, history, and value of improvisation.  And in the last few posts, we discussed at length a practical, 4-part method for incorporating improvisation into the piano lesson.  Today’s consideration is the last of the series: what are the major benefits [...]
Also posted in Improving as a Teacher, Improvisation, Memorization, Motivation | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Things I Learned from a Yeol Eum Son Masterclass

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 February 2010
Last week, my university held a master class by Yeol Eum Son, the silver winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition.  I played a Chopin Etude, op.10 no.6.  She gave me a number of specific suggestions which were very helpful, but there were two general concepts I took from the experience: 1. Posture: keep your chest [...]
Also posted in Improving as a Teacher, Inspiration, Posture at the Piano, What I'm Up To | Tagged , , | 5 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 Ideas, Studio Class / Group Lessons, 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 [...]
Also posted in Group Keyboard, Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Incentive Programs, Inspiration, Motivation, Music History, Recitals / Performances, Studio Class / Group Lessons, piano camps | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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