“It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.“
— Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), English composer and organist
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send an email off to admin[at]colorinmypiano.com.
Congrats to Stacy, Heidi N., and Emily Elliott, who are the three winners of the last week’s giveaway! Winners, check your inbox for an email. Thanks to everyone for the comments with the great tips/stories/etc.!
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 the note “D” (the one just above Middle C): D is the note that Dangles from the staff. Clever! I was so proud of her. That is a little trick that I will definitely be sharing with my other beginner students.
“People who make music together can not be enemies, at least while the music lasts.“
— Paul Hindemith
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send an email off to admin[at]colorinmypiano.com.
Hello all,
Just a brief update for today, as my husband and I are in the middle of moving to a new apartment! This week’s posts will be not as intensive as usual. Hopefully, we will be more settled by this weekend, and next week’s posts will return to normal.
Meanwhile:
I am excited to announce the first ever free giveaway on the Color In My Piano blog! *drumroll…*
THREE lucky winners will each be mailed a pair of laminated boards for learning and drawing music symbols. (You may recall when I blogged about these boards here. I am keeping my set, of course, but I went back to buy more to share with you!) These boards have a lot of potential for team games at group lessons or summer piano camps, or can simply be used during the private lesson. They are two-sided — one side shows the symbols and their names, and the other side lists the names but leaves a blank staff for the student to draw the symbol. Both sides are laminated to allow use with a dry-erase marker.
Unfortunately, because the prize is such a odd-shaped object and is expensive to ship, this giveaway is limited to readers from the continental U.S. only.
To enter: Continue reading “May 2010 Free Giveaway: Drawing Music Symbols Boards”
“Practice in minute detail until every note is imbued with internal life and has taken its place in the overall design.“
— Pablo Casals (Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor)
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send an email off to admin[at]colorinmypiano.com.
I’m surprised no one mentioned this — but it seems that I forgot to actually make the file for the Piano Recital Program Template #2 on the Printables > Other Resources page available for download! It’s there now, in case any of you were interested in downloading it. =)
Today’s free printable is a another template of a piano studio recital program, for listing students’ names and pieces.
Just download this Microsoft Word file (.doc), enter your students’ information, and print!
Click here to view it larger (uneditable).
To download it the .doc file, visit the Printables > Other Resources page and scroll down to “Piano Recital Program Template #2”.
Feel free to edit the document in any way you desire to suite your needs.
Enjoy!
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“Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves.“
— Henry Threadgill
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send an email off to admin[at]colorinmypiano.com.
My husband and I recently rescued a cat (pictured at right)! We spent a lot of time thinking up a name for her. I wanted to give her a music related name, but as it turned out, we ended up agreeing to name her “Kira.” But for any of you who might wish to give your pet a musical name, I’ve compiled a long list of my favorites!
Edit: We adopted a second cat! Guess what: we named her Coda. 🙂
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