The Cliburn organization joined hundreds of others yesterday in moving to an online platform for a number of their upcoming events and offerings. One of their new virtual treats is an educational and interesting series called, “Cliburn Kids with Buddy Bray.” I just watched the first episode and loved it! It’s a perfect length (~8 […]
Free Resources
Create Hundreds of Rhythm Patterns in Seconds!
Have you seen the Rhythm Randomizer website? I recently learned about it and am thrilled to have such a versatile, yet simple (and free!) rhythm tool to use with my students! In General Options you can select the time signature and number of measures you want (2, 4, or 8), and Note Options lets you […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Free Music Theory Website
A little less than a month ago a new music theory website joined the ranks of myriad others providing helpful (and free!) resources for piano students or any musicians wanting to strengthen their understanding of music theory. Musicca offers exercises related to notes, intervals, chords, scales, and key signatures. Each category offers a variety of […]
Free Piano Technique Webinar with Josh Wright
A number of years ago a friend gave me a new album by a pianist I hadn’t heard of at the time – Josh Wright. I listened to it over and over again and especially loved his rendition of Liszt’s La Campanella (this is a crazy performance of it using two pianos!). I just came […]
