As I alluded in my post last week, I’ve been testing out a relatively new online platform that has been developed specifically for music teachers – Muzie.Live. Even though my students are coming to lessons in person again, I’ve been able to utilize it for lessons that I’ve been conducting with my 4-year old nephew […]
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A Step-by-Step Guide for Virtual Music Lessons – A Guest Post by Tomplay
Save 30% on Tomplay’s Premium subscription and access the incredible library of 20,000+ sheet music titles! Here’s a handy step-by-step guide for teaching virtual music lessons and incorporating Tomplay’s interactive music library to make it a musically rich and rewarding experience for your students. Following the COVID-19 outbreak and the closure of schools, the great […]
Free Online Rhythm Training Tools
I recently came across a new website that offers a variety of free rhythm training tools developed by a pianist (Matt) for beginning music students. It works on desktops and mobile devices and includes quite the collection of different kinds of training tools – some better than others. I like that it is very simple […]
Five Ways to Encourage Creativity in the Learning Process – A Guest Post by Greg Burlet
It’s undeniable that learning an instrument requires considerable study and practice. But what happens when the creative process takes a back seat to endless exercises, flash cards, and music theory? It’s easy to burn out while learning fundamentals and therefore it’s important to keep yourself, your students, or your child engaged by sprinkling in some […]
New Finds for Piano Lessons!
Is everyone busy gearing up for a new year of piano lessons? I am in brainstorming season right now as I develop lesson plans for each student, select repertoire that I hope they will love, and create a new practice incentive theme for the piano studio. There are a couple of fabulous new resources that […]
Group Piano Class Goes Virtual!
Now that we’re about a month into our stay-home order around here, necessitating virtual rather than in-person piano lessons, I decided to give our monthly group class a try using a Zoom meeting. It went surprisingly well and was a fun time! We started with a game of rhythmic dictation where I played a 4-beat […]
