Today my daughter was struggling to catch on to the concept of wrist rotation in her "Airplane Pilot" song which involves a lot of rotating back and forth from C to G w/ fingers 1 &5. But when we added some "wings" to her airplane with this simple tongue depressor the improvement was dramatic . The "wings" made her subtle movements much more obvious so she could easily visualize the rotation. I'm happy to be adding one more whimsy tool to my bag of piano tricks! Next up might be a mini "wrist skirt" for her to wear while she dances her fingers on the keys...............anything "princess" is sure to win her heart! More Tips for Teaching Piano Technique Proper Hand Position with Nile the Crocodile Piano Technique Wizard Challenges Teaching Technique Motions Creatively - Caterpillar Crawl Video Piano Technique and Artistry Group Lesson Technique Warmups
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1. The piano keyboard stickers, from paste, from the installation2. Quick learning piano keyboard, the piano primary auxiliary tool3. Color-coded to help identify and remember easier, larger letters are easier to recognize4. Apply to children and beginners5. Easy to install, look for the middle C key marked on the piano key label to match, press the same key on the piano, then flatten and stack the notes on the keyboard.6. Piano keyboard sticker is a good teaching tool, easy to carry7. No pasting, no damage to keys8. PVC material, tear resistance and durable9. It can be cleaned with water and is plug-and-play without pasting10. Just put it gently, you can easily place piano stickers11. Use Instruments: 61-key electronic piano, 88-key piano12. Note strip material: PVC13. Function: piano music learning14. Length: imitation piano keys 61 keys: 74cm, piano keys 61 keys: 83cm, piano keys 88 keys: 122cm15. Weight: about 38 grams
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Here are my favorite five piano pedagogy books to help you keep your piano studio professional and to keep your students engaged.
I have written several posts previously related to vibrato. Here is another exercise to help a student build up speed and control. I call it...
Easy Peasy intervals is a fun worksheet for students identify intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, and 5th that move up or down on the staff in groups of three.
Tips for teaching posture, breath support, and articulation on the recorder in the elementary music classroom.
Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of
Private lessons are a wonderful way to earn some money while you spend time doing a skill you love. Let others benefit from your years of experience!
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite tools for introducing and reviewing music theory concepts to my piano students.
Here's how to structure your practice session, what to focus on for each piece, and resources you need to have the best practice session ever.
Suzanne from the Hilton Music Studio emailed me the other day to tell me how much she loved the Fall Lesson Book Bash article that Leila Viss wrote! She said her students were: LOVING the Fall Book Bash! Everytime I […]
Since I'm a mommy now, I thought it might be nice to add a music books for kids series. There are a lot of really great books written for children, but The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin is by far my favorite. Even though my mom is a professional musician, I didn't read this as a child. I found out about it in college from one of my friends (whose mom is also a musician). She got the book when she was three, and after she read it all she wanted was concert black. So, for Christmas that year she got a black velvet concert dress that she wore all the time. Now she's got her doctorate in violin performance. Amazon The book follows the musicians of a metropolitan orchestra as they get dressed to go to work. While the city around them slows down for the night they take showers, brush their teeth, put on their underwear, wiggle into dresses, tie bow ties and put on jackets. The illustrations are absolutely brilliant, and it's really fun to try to guess which characters play which instruments while you read (the piccolo player is my favorite!) Another friend babysat for her viola teacher in school, and every time her teacher played a concert she read this book to her daughter. In addition to just being an awesome book for all kids, its a really special way for a musician's child to connect with the work that often consumes their parents.
Take a visual tour of written piano music with symbols, accents, articulation marks, dynamics, and volume changes.
If your third or fourth grader is starting to think about taking up a musical instrument, help him get the basics of reading notes with this handy sheet!
A chart of piano chords - what notes go with which chord.
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For some reason, some of my students really struggle with scale fingerings. I’ve been trying a variety of different tools to help them remember and master the fingerings. One of my students suggested placing diagrams in the back of the assignment books with fingerings for all the scales. I thought that was an excellent idea, […]
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If you know how to play the piano, then you also need to learn how to tune a piano. This article will teach you 8 easy steps to tune a piano.
