A recent video by the always creative Tim Topham features 20 Ways to Teach (or Play) Scales on the Piano: I’ve used a handful of these before, but especially like the idea of playing each scale with only one finger – for both theoretical purposes and to encourage the technique of weighted arms and whole […]
Scales
Tabs Full of Treasure
Does anyone else here have a tabs problem? You know, where you have 400 tabs open at once because there’s so much great information out there and so many resources to check into that you don’t want to forget about any of it? I know I can’t be the only one! Well, instead of keeping […]
Free Pentascale Piano Fingering Diagrams Now Available!
As promised, the pentascale piano fingering diagrams are now available for free in the Music Matters Blog store, ready for immediate download and printing for you and your students! If you’re looking for a handy visual for your beginning piano students who are learning pentascales, the new pentascale fingering diagram is a great solution! The […]
One Octave Piano Scale Fingering Diagrams Now Available for Free!
Several people have requested piano scale fingering diagrams for just one octave scales in addition to the two octave piano scale fingering diagrams that are already available, so I’ve been working on developing those. I’m happy to report that they are now available for free in the Music Matters Blog store! The 34-page download includes: […]
Free Piano Scale Fingering Diagrams
If you’re looking for simple, easy-to-follow piano scale fingering diagrams, look no further! A complete set of Major, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor keyboard fingering diagrams has been added to the Music Matters Blog store, and you can download them for free! I’ve begun including these in the back of my student assignment […]
Using Scale Blocks to Teach Common Tone Voicing in Chord Progressions
Having a functional understanding of music theory is extremely important to me as a piano teacher, so my students are continually learning scales, intervals, chords, etc. Our state Music Progressions curriculum has been invaluable to me in helping me establish an appropriate and systematic approach to teaching theory. And my indispensable teaching tool is a […]
