Become a music arranger with 'I Love Coffee I Love Tea' and 'Knuckles'! [Part V]
Arranging gives you and your students permission to mix it up! I Love Coffee, I Love Tea’s familiar patterns can inspire your students to try their hand at arranging! They’ll have the chance to make creative decisions, change the order of the tunes, actually change the music in several ways and make it their own! Help them gain confidence being creative at the piano. This blog post comes with several tutorial videos that help them get started! Share it directly with your students! … continue reading →
I Love Coffee, I Love Tea and 'Knuckles' Intro to Circle of Fifths [Part IV]
I Love Coffee, I Love Tea offers an easy way to teach or learn the most powerful chord progression in all styles of music: II - V - I. This blog post is complete with images, a tutorial video and a FREE printable sheet, and is a great way to start any intermediate student on understanding keyboard harmony! Share this post directly with your students to give them a project they can do at home! … … continue reading →
I Love Coffee I Love Tea and Knuckles piano play-along -- Learn the duet chords [Part II]
Share this video directly with your piano students! It will help them learn I Love Coffee, I Love Tea’s bass line and chords by rote with supporting videos and a FREE printable guide sheet. Your students can use the same steps to teach it to a family member! Family duet, anyone? … continue reading →
Intervals: Sure-fire songs for memorizing by ear [ascending and descending]
Here's the only list you'll ever need to learn or teach intervals by ear, complete with high-quality sound samples! Presented in an easy-to-search format, cover the intervals in any order! … continue reading →
Finger numbers for piano students at home! [FREE printable!]
Struggling to teach beginners online? Sad that you can't sing with your piano students in person? Do your beginners and elementary students mix up their finger numbers? Or maybe you're just looking for a CREATIVE way to teach FINGER NUMBERS! Here's the blog post you can share with your students so they can practice finger numbers at home! They'll never mix them up again! FREE PRINTABLE! ...continue reading →
Piano finger numbers! Teach and review with beginners [Online or in person]
Want an unforgettable way to teach finger numbers so your students NEVER mix them up? This new teaching strategy gets amazing results in person and online from day one! MUST READ Intro for teachers ...continue reading →
How to compose piano music? Heart and Soul can teach you! [Part IX]
Composing sets you free to create using what you already know about music! Show your students how to use what they know about Heart and Soul, its chord progressions, texture and patterns, to create their very own original music! Post includes videos of student examples! ...continue reading →
How to Improvise on the piano? Heart and Soul can teach you! [Part VIII]
Improvising gives you and your students permission to play outside the box! Heart and Soul’s familiar patterns can inspire your students to try their hand at improvising! They’ll have the chance to come up with fresh, current and alternative sounds all their own! Help them gain confidence being creative at the piano. This blog post is complete with a tutorial video that helps them get started! Share it directly with your students! ...continue reading →
How Heart and Soul teaches Primary Chords [Part V]
Heart and Soul offers an easy way to teach or learn the most-used chords in all styles of music: the primary chords. This blog post is complete with images, a tutorial video and a FREE printable sheet, and is a great way to start any young student on understanding keyboard harmony! Share this post directly with your students to give them a project they can do at home! ...continue reading →