Michael Griffin, author of Music and Keyboard in the Classroom and developer of the helpful website Music Education World has produced another great resource for music teachers and students. His newest book, Modern Harmony Methodology, describes itself as being “of value to all students of composition and musical arrangement, and also to classically trained pianists […]
Monday Mailbag – Creating Worksheets
Which program do you use to create such cool worksheets? I created this worksheet in MS Word, using Finale for the scale and key signature snippets, and then importing them into MS Word. This was actually my first time using the export feature in Finale, but I had a visual in mind of how I […]
Piano house in Huainan, Anhui
I just had to post a picture of this very cool piano house!
Group Class Travels to Italy
As it turns out, I came down sick last week and had to take off the whole week of teaching, so I got one week behind. I finished up our theme of Feeling the Pulse this week, and will start on the Key Signature theme next week with the Key Signature – Scale Matchup Worksheets. […]
Guest Post: Back to Basics – The Realities of Running Your Own Studio
Teaching others how to hone their musical talents can be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things you can choose to do. However, from time to time things can get frustrating and a reality check is in order. When this happens, it is time to take a step back and evaluate the basics of […]
International Music Score Library Project
Have you seen the website for the International Music Score Library Project? I just came across this recently, so I haven’t used it much, but it looks like a fabulous resource for finding free scores – both those in the public domain, and those of composers willing to share their works for free. Their main […]
