It usually happens in the last ten minutes of a music lesson. You’ve just finished a rhythm exercise that took careful explanation, a bit of clapping, a retry, and finally some progress. The room is just starting to shift. A few students are packing away early. Someone asks, ‘What are we doing next?’ And instead […]
Technology Tips
Go Practice Music — Practice smarter, not longer – A Guest Post
A note from Natalie: With so many piano apps on the market (and more being added all the time!) it is often overwhelming to navigate all the options. What appealed to me about Go Practice Music (click here to use my referral link) when Sebastien reached out to me about it is the sleek interface […]
Rhythm Practice Games for Music Lessons – A Guest Post by Spin the Wheel
Note from Natalie: As a student who struggled with internalizing a sense of musical pulse, I especially appreciate the way that Spin the Wheel incorporates different movements into their rhythm activities to help students not only understand rhythmic notation cognitively, but feel it musically as well! Rhythm Practice Games for Music Lessons: Create a Music […]
3 Problems with the Landmark Notes Method – A Guest Post by Rowina Seidler
A note from Natalie: UK educator Rowina Seidler has done some fascinating firsthand research into helping students become more proficient with note identification. With our practice incentive theme this year entirely focused on developing sightreading fluency (Cracking the Crystal Code), this is of particular interest to me! I hope you enjoy reading about her research […]
The Best Piano Sightreading Find Ever!
The primary goal with our piano practice incentive theme this year (Cracking the Crystal Code) is to develop excellent sightreading skills. I have been truly amazed at how much progress each student has been making in this area, and one of the main reasons is the fabulous Piano Adventures Sightreading Coach: I spent a good […]
New Year – New Technology
Years ago I was given an iPad mini as a birthday gift, partially at my request because I wanted to use it in my studio. To my surprise, it mostly sat on a shelf and collected dust, so I eventually gave it away. So even though I’ve been eyeing the new iPads for a while, […]
