Nowadays you can find just about everything on-line. But really, who would have thought that Charles-Louis Hanon would get his very own website dedicated to his “The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises”? Thus far, the site contains Part I – the first 20 exercises. You can transpose the exercise to any major key, download the […]
Teaching
A Simple and Fun Note Identification Game
Several of my students seem to need constant reinforcement with understanding the staff and identifying notes on it. And some of them are still in the phase where the “light bulb” hasn’t quite gone on yet. 🙂 So I’m always looking for different approaches to use during lessons. Here’s a simple game that I’ve been […]
Monday Mailbag – Keeping a Steady Pulse
I am a piano teacher to eight students, and also a student myself. Keeping a steady pulse is one thing that I struggle with when I play, so I don’t often put enough emphasis on it when I teach. Could you share some ways that you work on it with your students so I could […]
Free Music Theory Worksheets for Music Teachers
Does your spine just tingle when you find a site loaded with free music theory worksheets?! Mine sure does! Here’s an up-and-coming site that looks very promising in that spine-tingling category. 🙂 Simply titled, MusicWorksheets.net, the site offers “free music theory worksheets for music teachers.” I especially like how the Bass Clef Notes worksheet is […]
Another Winning Group Music Game!
This game was even more popular than the Musical Terms and Symbols game I mentioned yesterday! This one is called, Who’s the Leader? Here a couple video clips and the instructions for how to play it: Who’s the Leader? Players stand in a circle. One player goes out of the room. A leader is appointed. […]
Fun Group Music Game for Knowing Your Terms and Symbols!
Last Thursday was our fourth Investment Club Meeting (a.k.a. group class) of the year. One of the new games we tried is one I dubbed, “Call-it!” The inspiration came from a really old Fun Encyclopedia that I picked up years ago at an antique shop. Here are the instructions: Call-it! Dump a set of scrabble […]
