Ingvaras Galinskas, the founder of Melodician (a word the developer coined to mean, “a person who makes melodies”), contacted me several weeks ago to let me know about this amazing resource he has created. If you’ve ever wanted a quick place to go or to send a student to look up the notes of a […]
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MasterPiano App – A Review
It seems that piano sightreading apps are a hot development project right now! When the developer of the new MasterPiano app contacted me at the beginning of summer after learning about our Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme last year, I was eager to check out this new and promising app focused on developing […]
What Do I Give the Intermediate Student Who’s Outgrown their Method Book? – A Guest Post by Harrison Lavins
Every teacher I know has one of these on their student list. The student is itching to expand beyond their method book series, reads well enough, wants to play the piece from their favorite movie (or video game), and is quietly about two months from quitting. Maybe for others, it’s the intermediate transfer student who […]
Website Nightmare
During piano camp this summer (one of the busiest weeks of the year in our studio!), I woke up one morning to discover that the home page on my studio website looked like this: Since I am not in the business of providing shelving for the Asian market I was more than a little […]
Back-to-School Favorites Piano Podcast
I was delighted to join Rachel Ehring on Episode 128 of her Top Music Piano Podcast to discuss all kinds of back-to-school favorites, from practice incentive themes to music books for kids to free music theory worksheets, and more. You can listen to the episode on the TopMusic website or your favorite podcast platform. It’s […]
Rote Solos Galore for Piano Students!
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 […]
