In preparing for piano camp this year, I searched far and wide to find a full-sized piano keyboard that I could use for some music theory games and activities. The few options that I found were much more than I wanted to pay, so I decided to see if I could create a simple printable […]
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A Vision for Artistic Scales in the Piano Studio
It’s been quite a few years since I first read and reviewed Gerald Klickstein’s insightful book, The Musician’s Way, but it still stands out as one of the most inspirational and practical books in the music industry on the subject of practicing and performing. His bi-monthly newsletter still consistently delivers numerous interesting and useful links. […]
Free Piano Sheet Music for Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals
Anyone who’s been around here for a while knows that I’m a huge fan of Carnival of the Animals. I’ve used it as the theme for a regular summer piano camp for my students and also for the Piano Expeditions piano camp – To France with Saint-Saëns and His Carnival. Even before that, I used […]
Rollin Rhythms Game a Hit at Piano Group Class
For our practice incentive theme this year (The Aquarium Caper), we are emphasizing developing rhythm skills, so I’ve been searching for a variety of rhythm games to include in our monthly piano group classes that will continue to reinforce rhythm knowledge and skills. For our last group class, I came across the free Rollin Rhythms […]
PlayScore 2 App Review and Giveaway
SPOILER: Be sure to read to the final paragraph for an awesome giveaway opportunity of a 1-year Pro Subscription to PlayScore 2! A musician who can scan a piece of music and hear the music playing in their head is employing a skill known as audiation. Now we have an app that provides the technological […]
Organizing and Updating my Printed Piano Music Files plus Free File Folder Labels!
After being inspired by Amy’s post on organizing her printed piano music files (with very professional labels – why didn’t I ever think of that before?!), I began the much overdo task of reorganizing and weeding out my printed music files. (Turns out that posting about it did help spur me on to actually get […]
