A teacher recently asked me how to use Rhythm Menagerie with students who are older but still working on basic rhythms. I had to admit to her that I’ve used Rhythm Menagerie with all my students no matter what their age, but […]
A Rousing Round Robin Game! Read More »
I wanted to revive the Composition Corner Q & A segment since I’m getting all kinds of questions via email and Facebook, especially about composing difficult rhythms for students who can create them but not read them. Â Recently, Becky asked
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I’ve asked Leila Viss to share some tips on marketing piano lessons to adult students. Leila teaches students ages 6-86 in an independent piano studio which features a tech-savvy lab. She seeks to create innovative teaching methods and successful practice strategies
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The National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy hosted a wonderful Q & A with Kristin Yost and Kathleen Theisen on Facebook today. Kristin and Kathleen presented a number of fantastic sessions on the business of piano teaching at NCKP this last
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The Clavier Companion now has a free iPad app available in the iTunes app store. Â You can read the current version of Clavier Companion here in your browser even without the app. Â I believe that Clavier Companion will soon be
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With all that technology can do for us today, you would have thought that we could tune our pianos with something electronic or digital before now. Â But ask any piano tuner about how “stretching” the intervals between the octaves in
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Question: I am trying to increase the number of daytime/adult students to expand my teaching hours and income. I live in an area with lots of children, but also a sizable retiree population. What do you think of offering discounts
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A few weeks ago, I told you about a survey that the Butler Student Chapter was doing in regard to online marketing. Â They sent this as a follow-up and with a little more information about their session at MTNA this
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Last week, I received this email from a teacher in New York: My young student is in Unit 2 and this week was LOVING “howling like a wolf.” After we finished the page, which was adorable, trust me….she looked at
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The Dollars and Sense feature of ComposeCreate.com has been running for over a year now and I thought that spring break might be a nice time to give you an index of articles. Â This is also a great time to
Index of Dollars & Sense Articles Read More »
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