This article covers basic concepts for intermediate to early advanced piano students in their first accompanying endeavor. Thoughts shared here assist in establishing the role of the pianist when accompanying and how this differs from solo playing. Piano Accompanying Is An Art As a piano teacher, I’m very excited to have several students studying
When Guitar Lessons start to intersect with the rest of your students’ life, there are some easy suggestions to balancing both music and school. Here are a couple… Guitar Lessons and School Work-the Two Can Go Hand in Hand As kids get a little older, school work gets harder and more time consuming. Even with
Motivating Piano Students through Repertoire Options – Piano Music This article provides insights on how teachers can motivate students by letting them have control over certain portions of their weekly and long-term assignments. For private piano teachers, one of the challenges we meet, especially with students who are working through the first several years
Play A Song You’ve got the tempo, notes, rhythm, and technique down. Now it’s time to focus on telling the story, or completing the musicality of the piece. Playing the melody is one thing, but in order to be more than just a “technical” musician you should be able to read deeper. There are so
Chromatic Scale Piano How To Play a Chromatic Scale on the Piano A chromatic scale is a series of 12 half steps up and 12 half steps down. A half step is the smallest distance between 2 notes in Western music. So, on the piano, a half step from any given note is the very
Adult Piano Lessons This is for the adult who a few lessons as a kid and it didn’t really catch on then, but you’ve been dreaming and wishing that you actually stayed with those lessons. You may even have a keyboard or piano in your home and just sit down and try to play anything
3 Reasons Music Theory Books Are Used In Private Piano Lessons Your piano teacher just brought 3 or 4 books to your piano lesson and your wondering; if they all look the same except for the name on the book, how different can it all be and what’s this theory book about about? Well,
ADHD Piano Lessons Do you or someone you know have students with ADHD? Piano lessons are actually excellent for children with ADHD. Contrary to a classroom there are limited outside disruptions, no judgment or critique from classmates, and the child receives all of the attention. There are some things that music teachers can do to
This article is for piano teachers looking for ways to introduce improvisation into their students’ lessons and make the experience fun and successful. This week, I was very fortunate to be able to attend a program on the “Art of Improvisation” conducted by Jeffrey Chappell—a true expert on the subject. As a piano teacher who
Piano Lesson Method Books Lesson method books are a great asset to students and teachers but it’s piano teachers who sometimes have hard time coming to grips with using them. When a piano teacher comes into being they don’t always jump into using a piano method. The reason is easy to understand if
