Chrissy Ricker

Freebie alert! "Roll the Dice" interval worksheet

1/14/2020

Do you have a hard time getting your students "on a roll" after Christmas break? I know I do!

This month I have been brainstorming ways to make practice and review in our lessons just a bit more fun. So I had a thought--how about turning some of these activities into a game using dice?

Today I am sharing a fun "roll the dice" worksheet that helps students to review intervals and draw them on the staff. Use the dice from your favorite board game, or search "google dice" and use a virtual set of dice to complete this worksheet!

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"Ready to Quest!" is here!

1/4/2020

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Are you looking for some exciting new music to fire up your first-year students this spring? Look no further!

I am excited to share my newest collection, "Ready to Quest!" This collection is the fourth book in my "Let's Quest!" series of video game and fantasy-inspired piano pieces. This newest addition to the series is the easiest volume of the set, featuring 10 elementary-level solos with optional teacher duets.

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The Bear and the Bird: A Story-Based Improv Activity for Beginners

12/31/2019

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The new year is always a great time for incorporating a few fresh, creative activities into our lessons! With that in mind, today I am sharing one of my favorite creative activities for beginning students: a story-based improv activity.

This is a great activity for helping students become comfortable creating sounds at the piano away from the written page. I tell students that for this activity, I am the narrator and they are my "sound effect engineers." Their job is to choose a sound on the piano that they think fits the story as we read it together.

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3 Tips for Taking the Mystery out of Memorization

12/27/2019

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Today I am sharing this article that I wrote for the blog at Tonara.com.

If you aren't familiar with Tonara, it is a unique app with a variety of features that enable teachers to manage their studio and motivate their students to practice. Visit Tonara's website HERE to learn more!

Will your students be participating in recitals, festivals, or competitions in the coming year? If so, chances are that they will be required to memorize some, if not all, of their music for these events.

When did memorization become such a big deal, and how can we help our students to develop this important skill? Read on for my tips for taking the mystery out of memorization!

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The Repertoire Pyramid

12/13/2019

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Today I am sharing this article that I wrote for the blog at Tonara.com.

If you aren't familiar with Tonara, it is a unique app with a variety of features that enable teachers to manage their studio and motivate their students to practice. Visit Tonara's website HERE to learn more!

Assigning and pacing the repertoire we use with our students is one of the most challenging tasks we face as music teachers. The music we assign not only shapes the development of our students’ technical skills--it can also play a huge role in maintaining our students’ motivation to practice.

Some of the difficulties we might encounter in assigning student repertoire include:

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