Hal Leonard has just announced its spring special offers for teachers: Order up to two copies of these specially selected music publications at a 40% discount. The special offer includes: • Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Method Materials • Adult […]
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Hal Leonard is now showcasing composers in the new email Hal Leonard Mainstage Newsletter. In this first issue, Carol Klose talks of watching Liberace as a child and and how she crafts music to connect with her audience. One of Carol’s most
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The Music Education Blog Carnival is a collection of interesting articles posted by music education bloggers. Each month (except for the summer months) a music ed blogger volunteers to host the “event” on their site. They then parse through submissions and
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As your students prepare for state theory tests, you might be interested in the Major/minor Triad Keyboard Flashcards that are available from this site. Each of these cards shows a piano keyboard with the notes of a triad marked. All
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Natalie has posted a review of my Irish Celebration piece on Music Matters Blog. Thanks, Natalie! You can buy this piece of sheet music from any of the online music dealers, your local music store, or directly from Hal Leonard.
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Circle of Fifths Worksheets I’ve recently begun to explain to my students how I choose the order of their scales by using the Circle of Fifths. Basically, I just told them that C is zero accidentals (I don’t show them the
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I love hearing from students who have played my pieces! This is the 2nd group of pictures I have received from a student who learned my Twister piece for his recital last year. I had the privilege to hear this
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve come across some great posts and resources related to teaching piano. Here are a few of them: * Toilet Paper Dynamics: Jason Sifford, a composer and piano teacher has written a great post that
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After reading some of her very creative ideas on one of the Piano Teaching Email Lists, I asked Mary Jane Cope to write a guest post on how to encourage students to play with more dynamics. Mary Jane is a
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A lot of teachers ask me how I have time to follow all the piano teaching blogs and other sites that I do. I admit to them that I really don’t have the time to look at each blog individually,
How to Revolutionize Rhythm in Your Studio
Learn how this rhythm curriculum gets rhythm IN students' bodies so it comes OUT in ALL their music! See why "It’s the best resource out there for teaching rhythms" and get your students "exponentially improving!"
