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NCKP 2011 Loot!

By joy (admin) | Published: 1 August 2011

Well, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP) was amazing as expected!  I had a wonderful time with my friend and my cousin with whom I shared a hotel room.  And I met some new teachers, including a couple of people I knew only from online (such as Wendy Stevens).  It was such an inspiring place [...]

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Consider Supporting this Project for Classical Music CD for Kids!

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 April 2011

Have you heard of KickStarter.com?  It’s a cool site where people can raise money for creative project of all kinds.  Ordinary people like you and me can support these projects.  Here’s the kicker: the team must reach the monetary goal by 3-month deadline or else they don’t get any of the money that was pledged. [...]

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Faber Piano Adventures 2nd Edition

By joy (admin) | Published: 31 March 2011

Have you heard the news about the new 2nd Editions of the Faber Piano Adventures?  They’ve completed a revision of the Primer and Level 1 books, and will be doing Level 2 (and beyond?) at a later date. At the MTNA conference, I had the opportunity to look at the new books at the Hal Leonard [...]

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Music Book Covers/Protectors

By joy (admin) | Published: 1 March 2011

I recently stocked up on the vinyl urtext book protectors that Henle makes…….they are one of my FAVORITE things.  They help keep my books in good shape! My $52.00 (yes, OUCH!) Beethoven Sonatas volumes are much happier and safer inside their own protective covers. Although these vinyl covers are specially designed to fit Henle Urtext [...]

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Just Added: The Rhythm Magnet Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 February 2011

Here’s a fun movement/rhythm game to play with a group of students which I learned from a Dalcroze Eurhythmics instructor.  I call it the “Rhythm Magnet Game.” The great thing about this game is that it helps students learn to associate the sound/experience of each rhythm value with it’s corresponding notation.  In Dalcroze and other methodologies (such [...]

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Tips For Making Your Blog Reader-Friendly [Part 2]

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 February 2011

This post is a continuation of Part 1, available here.  Read on: Following: DO offer variety of subscription options and make it easy! Sometimes new bloggers wonder why it takes so long to establish a following of readers.  I once read somewhere that it takes about a year before you will begin to recognize a committed [...]

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Tips for Making Your Blog Reader-Friendly [Part 1]

By joy (admin) | Published: 24 February 2011

With today’s advances of technology, there are many new blogs popping up about music, piano teaching, and everything else under the sun.  This is a wonderful thing!  It’s great when people can freely share their expertise, ideas, and resources with others via the web. However, if you’d allow me, I’d like to rant just a [...]

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Q&A Forum | Do your students undergo standardized testing?

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 February 2011

Last week we had some great replies to the question about what level of recital music to assign. Here’s our new forum question for this week!  I have really enjoyed hearing you responses the last few weeks.  Keep it up! Do your students undergo standardized testing?  Why or why not?  If you do, which testing(s) do [...]

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The Melodica: Piano + Recorder?

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 February 2011

Check out the new instrument we have at my home! I ordered this melodica on Amazon as a surprise for my husband for Valentine’s day, although I plan to make use of it too in the future. =) To play the melodica, you must blow very gently into the mouthpiece and starting pressing the keys. [...]

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Hands-On Beats the Visual….Hands Down!

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 February 2011

My colleague Loretta and I have been teaching a pair of beginner students in a group setting each week.  Last week, we were learning about 3/4 and 4/4 time, and quarter notes and half notes.  Loretta and I wrote rhythms on the whiteboard, asked the students to help us write in bar lines, and then [...]

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Forum Q&A | Recital Music: Assign Easy, Hard, or Just Right?

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 February 2011

Ready for another installment of a Forum Q&A?  Okay! A couple of weeks ago we discussed what to do when a student performance “bombs.”  This week, we’ll return to the topic of recitals and talk about assigning repertoire: When assignment recital repertoire to students, do you generally assign something challenging since they have a lot [...]

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Just Added: Printable Musical Dice

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 February 2011

Just added to the Printables page: Musical Dice! This is one of the projects I was working on over Christmas break!  I’m happy to now have it finished and posted.  =) Here’s what the pdf contains: Basic Accidentals (6-sided dice) | This die allows for three possible rolls: sharp, flat, and natural. Basic Intervals Unison-3rd [...]

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