Lately I’ve found myself using the same analogy with a number of my students because it seems to be very effective. I tell them to imagine that they are riding in the car with one of their parents and are approaching a stop sign. Then I ask whether their parent waits until they are right […]
Teaching
No Such Thing As Piano
This is a great point by Mike over at the How to Practise website. I’ve noticed how often my students, who play well with dynamics at their lessons, often can’t get the same good sound when they perform in other venues. I’m definitely going to start using this principle of “no such thing as piano” […]
New Blog: Journey to Self-Publishing
Things have been a little quieter on the piano teaching front this week, but I’m ready to officially announce the launch of my new blog – Journey to Self-Publishing. Yes, I’m in the process of writing a book and after considerable thought I’ve decided to go the route of self-publishing. The thought is both exciting […]
Survey Question #8
Another random, non-musical question. These are fun just to get to know the students a little better! After this my creativity ran out, so this was the last of the survey questions for this year. If anyone has ideas for other survey questions, I would love to know what they are! A lot of my […]
Survey Question #7
I decided to do a random non-musical question for number seven – partly just for something different and partly because I was running out of good ideas for lesson-related questions. 🙂 If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go? * Europe. * 1. Ireland. 2. Prince Edward Island. * […]
Survey Question #6
You can see that I have quite a few less responses to this question than some of the others. I just left it up to the students each week to decide if they wanted to answer the question or not. What performance tips have been the most helpful to you? * Just focus on your […]
