Piano Music for Teens
Teenage students need pieces that give a lot of bang for their buck. They need showstopper pieces that have lots of patterns. Here is my list of favorites for teens. Each piece has patterns that will make it quick for teen students to learn. These would also work great for adult students!
Organize Your Music Lesson Plans
Has a student ever come to his lesson without his assignment book and you have *no* idea what you did last week? Yes, it happens! If you have a full studio of private students, it is hard to remember exactly what you do week from week with each student. I've tried...
Holiday Incentives for Your Music Studio
Motivate your students with these fun, simple holiday incentives.
December Studio Challenge
Use this print out to run a December challenge in your piano studio to keep students motivated during the holidays!
Piano Safari Resource Roundup
The Piano Safari Roundup has links for various supplements that coordinate with the Piano Safari method. Supplements include both worksheets and activities.
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 half...
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! Be sure to check it out...