Finding Focus. That was the title I gave to our first activity each day of last week’s Kick-it-up-a-Notch! piano camp. Prior to the class I selected a piece of music approximately 10 minutes long. I printed the title at the top of a page in the student workbooks, but other than that I left the […]
Archives for July 2011
An Amazing Resource for All Your Music Theory and Music History Needs!
Ever wanted to gain a broader understanding of the development of music notation through the ages? Or perhaps you want to know more about intervals. Maybe you’d like to take a look at one of over 1,000 different scales and its pattern. Or maybe you need some great visuals and explanations for helping your students […]
Happy Independence Day!
[snapped from Alcatraz island on my recent trip to San Francisco]
Kick-it-up-a-Notch! Kicks Off!
As I mentioned in my Summer Musings post, we gave piano camps a bit of a twist this year in my studio. I wanted to give my older students an opportunity to study music in a more intensive way than we are able to throughout the year. Thus was borne, “Kick-it-up-a-Notch!” It has been a […]
