A piano teacher can never have too many repertoire recommendations, right?! In my ongoing quest for just the right music for each student to accompany our practice incentive theme this year, I came across this fabulous collection of dozens of recommendations for Rote Solos. I love utilizing rote solos to help students cultivate musicality and […]
Resources
Chrissy Ricker’s Free Piano Stuff Page
In brainstorming and preparing and gathering piano music for this year’s practice incentive theme, I’ve unearthed some amazing resources that I’d never come across before. One treasure trove is this page of Free Piano Stuff on composer Chrissy Ricker’s website. From composer resources to music theory worksheets to free piano sheet music, you can spend […]
Resources for Piano Students to Play in Every Key
I’ve been doing a ton of repertoire brainstorming and searching over the summer to find engaging music written in every key (which may or may not have something to do with our upcoming practice incentive theme…). It’s been exciting to play through lots of wonderful music, and I’ve found some gems along the way. Here […]
Effortless Sight-Reading for Musicians
There are so many resources and ideas for teaching piano that it can sometimes be overwhelming to know what to include in piano lessons for our students. How much should we focus on learning difficult repertoire? How much off-the bench focus on games and hands-on activities? How often should we be incorporating playing by ear […]
Go Practice Music — Practice smarter, not longer – A Guest Post
A note from Natalie: With so many piano apps on the market (and more being added all the time!) it is often overwhelming to navigate all the options. What appealed to me about Go Practice Music (click here to use my referral link) when Sebastien reached out to me about it is the sleek interface […]
Gustav’s Musical World – A Guest Post by Heather Donovan
Note from Natalie: Anyone who’s been around here a while knows that I love children’s books and I have a whole section of the Music Matters Blog website devoted to Music Books for Kids. So I was especially thrilled when author Heather Donovan contacted me about her new adorable children’s book about Gustav and his […]
