Hal Leonard’s beautiful fall catalogue is now out and you can receive a 40% savings off many titles including: Hal Leonard Method Books Christmas music Fall music including Scatterbrained Scarecrow! The new Piano Teacher’s Guide to Creative Composition by Carol
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I was teaching a few short term composition students this summer and came across this wonderful chart of instrument ranges that so beautifully illustrates the ranges of most instruments. I love it that it also further emphasizes to the student
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Rhythm Menagerie is an exciting, reproducible PDF resource that features fun and intriguing activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises! Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates
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Yes indeed, the adorable yet crazy looking Tarsier, Jerboa Jumping Mouse, Bonnet Monkey, and many other are coming soon! They’re a part of the new rhythm resource that your students are going to love! We’re just working on making it
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A few readers told me that when we changed the look of the website, they had a bit of trouble reading the blog articles. I have increased the font size and would like to know if this is better for
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I’ve been thinking for months now about how the perfect assignment journal for my students would look. As usual, it took much longer to make it than I anticipated, but I’m very excited with the results and wanted to share
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You might remember this interview with Karen Harrington about year ago. Karen is the author the Piano Teachers Resource Kit an excellent set of fun worksheets that can be reproduced for your studio. I have copied almost every page in
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When I was at NCKP, I stopped by the Music Educators Marketplace booth and visited with the ever friendly Karen Koch. I was talking to her about what was new and she showed me these wonderful Composer Seals that she
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At NCKP this year, there was a new feature called Ped xi. This session was supposed to mimic the “ideas worth spreading” mantra of the TED talks. Since I love many of the TED talks, I attended these sessions and
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This month, I have asked my students to fill out a form about what they would like to improve over the next year. I originally just asked them to finish this statement, “This year in piano, I would like to
Merry to Moody:
Holiday music for everyone!
Tired of the usual holiday music?This free webinar is just for you! Lots of new, original, and classic holiday, winter, and seasonal music will wow your students onto the bench! And you'll love the new audience participation piece as well!
