Piano at Play
Health-proof your piano studio: Doctor-recommended steps [COVID-19]
Dr. Judy Price is currently practicing medicine as a General Practitioner. I had the chance to pick her brain about how piano teachers can help to keep ourselves, our piano students and communities safe in light of the current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus - COVID-19.
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6 Ideas to adapt your private teaching style to online lessons
Whether dealing with mass quarantine or an occasional student who cannot make it to their regular lesson, it's best to be prepared with the option to teach online. Here are ideas on how to adapt your private teaching set-up to temporary or occasional online lessons. ...continue reading →
6 reasons the cajón box drum is better than a metronome in piano lessons
Find out how this simple percussion instrument has become an invaluable studio asset. From tempo fluctuation to teaching concepts of improvisation and rhythm and metre, the cajón is a piano studio must-have multi-tasker! ...continue reading →
Ear training Interval Dash, off-the-bench teaching strategy [Printables]
This off-the-bench resource teaches intervals by ear and visualizes them spatially without using notation. This approach is highly effective in helping students to gain a sound perspective and to learn to identify intervals by ear with accuracy. Plus, it’s fun! ...continue reading →
5 ways piano teachers break students' hearts
Whether you’re a current piano student (or former one), there’s a chance you’ve had a broken heart at one time or another over piano lessons. Teachers are only human, and sometimes don’t realize the impact of their actions, approaches or attitudes. This post is an attempt to mend that broken heart. ...continue reading →
Leapin' Lemurs help teach key letters, intervals and much more! [Teaching aid]
Children learn through play! To incorporate a spirit of playfulness into our piano lessons is to help our students learn more effectively! Find out how you can get these sweet, fun Leapin' Lemurs to use in your own piano teaching! They're versatile, useful and will have your students leaping to learn key letters and intervals! ...continue reading →
Rock this Town for Elementary piano by Rebekah Maxner [book launch]
Isn't it wonderful when, in the first moment of the lesson, your student sits on the bench and starts playing right away because they can't wait to show you their favourite piece? That's the sign of a kid hooked on music! Rock this Town is chock-full of music that will keep your students fully engaged: Jazz, blues, rock and expressive pop piano! ...continue reading →
What role does popular music play in serious piano lessons?
Is teaching music to a child like getting them to eat food? First you have to eat the healthy stuff before you can get to the dessert? Can a serious music teacher in good conscience encourage piano students to learn popular music? ...continue reading →
Cold church blues: practicing organ in the winter
Through the winter our church is only heated for services, so it has been a challenge for me to find ways to practice the organ during the cold months and not freeze my fingers on the frigid keys. Here are three hacks for practicing in a cold church. ...continue reading →
