An interesting new book called the Piano Teachers Resource Kit has recently been published by Hal Leonard.  Several of you asked me some questions about the book, so I decided that I would interview the author, Karen Harrington, so that we […]
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Here is the final portion of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Myth #4 Improvising is only for jazz musicians. This one is easy to dispute. Playing by ear is downright
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Here is Part 2 of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash.  Read Part 1 here. Myth #3 Only experts can teach ear skills. The biggest obstacle for students seeking ear skills is finding instruction. To illustrate this, let me
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I wanted to invite all my teaching friends to a workshop I will be giving entitled, “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration.” Â This workshop will be on September 17th, at Senseney Music in Wichita from 9:30-11:30. Â The Wichita Piano Teacher League asked
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Bradley Sowash, a wonderful jazz musician and composer, helps unscramble 4 myths of playing by ear. Here is Part 1 of “The Myths of Playing by Ear.” Playing by ear is one of those areas of teaching music that often
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I have mentioned “performance classes” several times on this blog. I try to schedule 2-3 performance classes a year especially right before recital and competition time. These help the students practice performing before their big events. Since I don’t charge
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Especially for the school music teacher, this press release just came to me from J. W. Pepper: Editors’ Choice Online viewer enables free preview access from web-enabled devices. PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA — AUGUST 27, 2010 — J. W. Pepper announced today
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Last year, I wanted to encourage my students to play more musically. I made some “Caught Ya Makin’ Music” cards to give to them every time they played one of their pieces musically. It was really amazing to see how
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In this previous post, I wrote about a new item I was going to be using in the fall: erasable highlighters. I was so excited after learning about these that I ran out to purchase them from Office Max. I bought the Office
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The Official Google Blog has been running a series of posts about how Google has helped people in unusual ways. This story gives me great hope for those moments when I too can only remember how a tune (without lyrics)
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The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
