Tag Archives: beginners

Improvisation Yields Creativity and Musical Understanding

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 July 2010

The benefits of including improvisation activities in piano lessons. The freedom to explore and be creative. Discovering musical concepts on your own. Developing your musical ear. Playing by ear. Composing an original composition.

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Bench Height: Try Little Pillows for Little Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 July 2010

Just thought I’d share my recent find.  One again, I’ll admit, I found another treasure at the dollar store.  (Does anyone else love dollar stores as much as I do?) It might not seem like much, but I see great potential in this little blue pillow.  My little student won’t have to sit on a [...]

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Fun tip

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 May 2010

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 [...]

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