I have to say, I really love YouTube. It is such an incredible teaching resource! My students and I are always referring to it for various performers or performances. So, I decided it was time to capitalize on it a bit more and give my students a structured approach to utilizing the many performances available […]
Teaching
A New Idea for Young Prospective Students
One of the things I’m always trying to think about is ways to add value to the families in my studio. Of course, I need to make enough to pay my expenses and run a business, but I want them to feel like they are getting a great deal for their money. So, here’s an […]
Monday Mailbag – Sight-Reading for Strong-Eared Students
I have a student who is 13 yrs old. He is extremely passionate about playing the piano and can sit down and create songs by ear, but his reading skills are far behind. He recognizes this and wants to take the time to learn, but many of the methods seem too young for him and […]
Free eBook – Go Play
Have you seen Catherine Shefski’s free eBook, “Go Play“? One of the teachers in our local association alerted us to it and we used it as the basis for our discussion at our local association meeting last week. Our official discussion topic was, “The Millenial Student,” and another teacher also shared several recent magazine articles […]
Free Music Software
Here’s another little gem I came across recently: GNU Solfege. It’s a free music education software, specifically designed to “train your rhythm, interval, scale and chord skills.” It includes interval recognition, interval singing, rhythmic dictation, chord singing, scales, and harmonic progressions. I’ve downloaded it and started using it a little bit, and it seems like […]
Fabulous Sight-Singing Resource!
In my searching around for various resources to support my theme this year, I came across this fabulous sight-singing book called, “Eyes and Ears“! The book is available as a free download and is a treasure trove of sight-singing melodies, organized in a systematic manner that are perfect for my purposes. I love the explanations […]
