As I mentioned earlier this week, I’ve been compiling a notebook of Favorite Rote Repertoire pieces for piano. A while back, Nathalie Herres, a Music Matters Blog reader and piano teacher from South Germany, contacted me with a suggestion for a couple of classical piano pieces that she recommends teaching by rote for various reasons. […]
Repertoire Suggestions
Organizing Rote Repertoire for Piano
Many years ago I taught a young boy who loved music, but struggled learning to read it at even a basic level and often didn’t practice much during the week. I came across the piece Poet’s Lament by Jon George (in Kaleidoscope Solos, Book 3) and played it for him at one of his lessons. […]
Stream Over 20,000 Pieces of Piano Sheet Music!
Just think of it as Spotify for sheet music. For less than $10 a month you can have access to over 20,000 arrangements of piano sheet music. OKTAV Music (founded in 2017 by a group of passionate piano players who “decided to create the sheet music library we have always wanted”) gave me a one […]
Free Covid Blessing Piano Sheet Music
Composer Lynette Sawatsky has written a lovely intermediate piano solo based on a creative Covid-themed motif and it’s available for free in her store at the Top Music Marketplace. I have a student who is especially into coming up with chord progressions for her own improvising and composing, so I’m excited for her to explore […]
My Most Exciting Discovery This Year!
Years ago (I don’t even remember how or where now!), I came across some piano sheet music by a composer named Will Baily. I printed off a few of my favorites and put them in a turquoise folder in my file cabinet. That folder is a go-to when I’m looking for a simple piece to […]
Free Teen Piano Solo
Looking for a piece of free piano sheet music to inspire a teen in your studio? Andrea and Trevor Dow, of Teach Piano Today, have just generously made available a wonderful solo piano piece that is sure to be a hit with lots of teens – The Musette Session! I’m excited to make several copies […]
