Simple Rhythm Activities
Sometimes I like to do a simple, quick rhythm activity to finish up the last few minutes of a lesson. Here are four ways you can reinforce rhythm with students in under five minutes.
New Piano Ensemble Music: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
During the summer, I like to offer occasional group classes for my students. I usually arrange a popular song so that multiple levels of students can play together. I just finished arranging Take Me Out to the Ball Game. It should be a fun piece to do with students...
New Download: Rhythm Values Chart
A friend of mine asked me to make a rhythm chart that shows the length of various notes. In the chart below, you’ll see that the duration of each note is represented by the length of the box in relation to the whole note. For example, the length of the box for a...
A Visual for Chord Inversion Fingerings
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am always correcting chord inversion fingerings! I go over it several times with students, write it in their notebooks, and they still miss when to use finger 2 or 3. I found that this large chart with color coordinated...
New Review *and* Great Discount
Amy Chaplin’s blog, Piano Pantry, is one of my favorite blogs these days! Her “Friday Finds” are always great! She just wrote a review of my theory series, Ready for Theory. Her review includes a great discount code that you don’t want to miss!...
NCKP 2017
Last week, I visited Chicago to attend the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. It was my first time to attend this particular conference. I not only enjoyed attending the sessions, but I also had fun spending time with friends! Pictured above from left are:...
A Music Game with Dice! Shake & Tap
This new music game with dice, Shake & Tap, can be used with students of all ages in a private or group setting. Download the free pages!
New Product! Grand Staff Note Speller
The Grand Staff Note Speller includes a packet of worksheets and and an answer key. Topics include naming skips in the music alphabet, naming space notes on the Grand Staff, and naming line notes on the Grand Staff. There are a total of 15 pages in the Note Speller....
Have Your Online Students Play in Your Studio Recital
Read about this very simple setup to allow your online students to play in your local studio recital.
Money Monday – Tips to Increase Profit at Your Music Studio
Today’s post is the first of my “Money Monday” series. I will continue writing on Mondays to give you a new tip to increase profit at your music studio. Click here to read the first tip.