Piano Companion is an app that can be downloaded on your computer, tablet, or phone. Upon opening the app, you are greeted with a simple menu that allows for all of the features to be easily utilized. Below is a description of the tabs and their respective features. At the top left, you will find […]
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5 Easy Piano Concertos for Students – A Guest Post by Tomplay
[A Note from Natalie: I’ve just barely begun exploring Tomplay, but I’m looking forward to learning more about what they have to offer. And I’m thrilled that they are offering all Music Matters Blog readers a promo code to access their entire music library for free for 30 days! See below for the code and […]
Exploring Tomplay
Have you heard of Tomplay yet? They are our newest advertiser here on Music Matters Blog, so I’ve been perusing their website and exploring all that they have to offer. It’s pretty amazing! With an extensive interactive sheet music library, you can find everything from the latest pop songs to arrangements of Classical favorites. There […]
Three Top Sites for Online Music Theory Practice
With the overwhelming amount of information available on the internet, it’s easy for great sites to slip through the cracks or as new resources become available. Since I’ve been going back through a bunch of music resource links and updating them (for the Mastering the Mystery of Music practice incentive theme), I recently came back […]
Best Easy and Effective Note Identification App
Alyssa and I have been focusing a lot the last several months on her note identification speed. We’ve been doing a modified version of our NoteStars Challenge and she has made great progress, so when I came across this NoteRush app recently I immediately thought of Alyssa. The app is simple and intuitive, so in […]
Loving Piano Lessons
After one week back to teaching in the studio, I am reminded of the value of trying new ideas and approaches to connect with each student and engage them in the learning process in a meaningful and enjoyable way. The end result is that I love teaching more and they love their piano lessons more. […]
