I’m sure most of you have seen this video before, but it’s one of my all-time favorites! I especially love to show it to beginning students to inspire them to think more musically and creatively in their playing. Don’t you just love how much fun all these guys are having?!
Teaching
Building Awareness of Rhythm in Piano Students
Joy Morin, of the Color in My Piano blog, has a fabulous article on Building Awareness of Rhythm in Piano Students in the latest issue of Soundpoint. She suggests that there are three essential components of rhythm (pules, meter, and rhythmic values), then goes on to discuss each one in more detail, along with specific […]
Friday Film Find
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen heard! Be sure you watch it all the way to the mashup at the end.
Monday Mailbag – Teaching Balance Between Hands
Some of my students have a lot of trouble with balance between the hands. I have them play one hand very loudly, and “ghost” the other hand, gradually adding the other hand by tapping the keys, then playing softly, getting gradually louder, but would love some other ideas. This is the same tried-and-true strategy that […]
Friday Film Find
A friend of mine shared this recently and it made me smile:
Watch the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
One of my early music inspirations was the CD “World’s Favorite Piano Music” by Van Cliburn. I think because of that and because of the opportunity I had to hear him in person at the 2006 MTNA Conference, he will always have a special place in my heart. The piano competition he began in 1962 […]
