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Giveaways

Rhythm Cat Giveaway Winners

Joy Morin

Below are the 20 randomly-chosen winners of the Rhythm Cat Pro giveaway:

  • #14: Rebecca
  • #1: Karla Connor
  • #6: Kylie
  • #19: Jill
  • #27: Victoria
  • #16: Mary Oosterbaan
  • #25: April
  • #31: Susan
  • #15: Laura
  • #10: Sarah Garrard
  • #12: Anna Fagan
  • #9: Natalie Beebe
  • #34: Harriet
  • #2: Jennifer Creekmore
  • #28: Isis
  • #30: Christie
  • #20: Melody
  • #35: Miriam
  • #7: Shauna Leavitt
  • #33: Diane Conway

Winners, please watch your inbox  — I’ll send out the emails with the promo codes later on today!

If you didn’t win, you can still purchase the Rhythm Cat app here.  It’s worth it!

Giveaways

Giveaway Reminder

Joy Morin

Happy Halloween!

This is me in my costume.  🙂  ————>

Just a quick reminder:

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you may want to enter the current giveaway for the Rhythm Cat app!  Today is the last day to enter — the winner will be announced tomorrow.  Click here for details.

I hope you are all having a good week!  Thoughts and prayers go to those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Giveaways, Reviews, Rhythm, Technology

Review & Giveaway: Rhythm Cat app

Joy Morin

Rhythm Cat — Cost: Free version (15 levels) is FREE;  Rhythm Cat Pro is $2.99.  The pro version is available currently for iPhone/iPod Touch — and the pro version for iPad is coming out soon!

This app is a fun and effective way to improve rhythm skills.  Let me tell you why!

On each level, the player is presented with a rhythm example.

After hitting the Play button, a soundtrack begins. After 1-2-3-4 is shown, the player must tap the rhythm of the example shown using the large green button.  Here is what the very first rhythm example looks like:   Continue reading “Review & Giveaway: Rhythm Cat app” →

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July 2012 Giveaway Winners

Joy Morin

I am completely blown away by (1) the number of entries in last week’s giveaway (over 100!), and (2) all of the wonderfully ideas you shared for motivating to students to practice!  (Check out all the responses here!)  It’s so great to be a part of this teaching community online.  We benefit SO much from sharing with each other!

And now, to announce the two randomly-chosen winners of Andrea & Trevor Dow’s wonderful piano practice book:

Congrats!  Winners: expect an email from Andrea soon!

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July 2012 Giveaway Reminder

Joy Morin

Just a little reminder…the giveaway of Andrea & Trevor’s pdf book “Shhh…Your Piano Teacher Thinks This Is Practice” ends tonight at midnight EST!  If you haven’t entered yet, you’d better do so soon.  The winner will be announced tomorrow.

I know my summer posts have been a little far and few between, and mostly about camp stuff…it has been a very busy and unpredictable summer so far.   🙂   I will probably be back to my usual kinds of posts come September – so bear with me in the meantime!

I hope you are enjoying your summer!

Giveaways, Motivation, Practicing

July 2012 Giveaway: Shhh…Your Piano Teacher Thinks This Is Practice

Joy Morin

Andrea & Trevor Dow of Teach Piano Today have recently created a resource called, “Shhh…Your Piano Teacher Thinks This Is Practice.”  She kindly sent me a copy to review, so I’m going to tell you about it — and give you a chance to win your own copy!

First, here is Andrea’s description of the pdf book:

The book contains 88 activities that are absolutely, positively, most definitely NOT BORING! and are designed to get students excited about spending time on the piano at home. They act as a companion to a piano students’ regular practice, and have been created to to be used with any level and any age for 88 days! Also, when teachers receive Shhhh… Your Piano Teacher Thinks This Is Practice they also receive a license to reproduce unlimited copies, as long as it is for use within their personal studio.

Each page of the book has a practice activity designed to encourage repetition during practice (without the student realizing it) and help them think about their piece in a different way (like asking them to find all the C’s in their piece, or practice the rhythm of the LH).  Some of the activities also encourage students to share their music, by asking students to play a piece for a family member.   Continue reading “July 2012 Giveaway: Shhh…Your Piano Teacher Thinks This Is Practice” →

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Giveaway Winners

Joy Morin

Just wanted to take a moment to announce the two winners of the sheet music necklace giveaway from last week.  The winners are commenters #12 and #25:  Erica and Becky!  Congrats, ladies!  Please check your inboxes for an email from me.

Many of you were curious about how I made the necklaces, so I will try to get a post up about that eventually. 🙂

Early next week, I’ll be traveling to Michigan to give a presentation for a couple of local music teachers associations back home.  My presentation is called, “Business Sense for Piano Teachers of the 21st Century.”  Wish me luck!  I might take a couple of days off from blogging, depending on how busy the weekend turns out to be.

Have a great weekend, all!