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Friday Funny

12/23/2016

I haven't posted a Friday Funny in a while, but I have to share this one since it happened just this week!

With my holiday break approaching, I found that I, like my students, have had a bad case of "vacation brain" this week. On Wednesday I was preparing to leave to teach my last lessons of the year. I was thinking ahead to the other tasks on my plate before Christmas as I put on my coat and grabbed my teaching bag.

As I walked out the front door, I looked down and realized that instead of putting on my coat, I had instead put on my bathrobe! Luckily I noticed my mistake before I got in the car to leave. I think my subconscious was trying to tell me that it was time for a break. :)

Wishing all of you who celebrate a very happy (and relaxing!) holiday this week. See you in 2017!

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Friday Funny

9/2/2016

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Something I am trying to do more often in my lessons is to play for my students--not just demonstrating their pieces, but actually playing short excerpts of familiar Classical pieces to introduce students to more advanced literature.

For better of for worse, one of my go-to pieces for this activity is "Fur Elise." I find that it is easily recognizable and demonstrates dynamics and pedaling in a way that is accessible to students.

So, when I started to play "Fur Elise" for one of my young students recently, I was pleased when he claimed. "I know that! I know that!"

I smiled, ready to discuss Beethoven and his many well-loved pieces, when the student continued,

"That's the song my mom's cell phone plays!"

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Friday Funny

8/26/2016

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This Friday funny happened with one of my six year old students who is very bright and loves music. Before she started lessons and got a full size piano, she had a small toy keyboard that she liked to play with. Her parents now keep this keyboard in the car to occupy her and her younger brother on long trips.

I always know when we have a good lesson and my student is super excited about her new songs, because she will run out the front door saying, "I've got to get to my car piano!" :)

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Friday Funny

8/19/2016

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This Friday Funny is also known as the day I taught piano lessons in my pajamas.

Where I live (in the southern U.S.) we don't get much wintry weather. Even a small amount of snow and ice can shut down the schools and make driving an iffy proposition. So, when we had a freak snowstorm a few years back, I thought it better to be safe than sorry and cancelled my piano lessons for the day, leaving phone messages for all of my students.

However, one student that lived close by didn't get the message. His father had a four wheel drive vehicle and they were out and about that day seeing the snow-covered sights. I had just settled down with a cup of cocoa when I heard the doorbell ring and saw a face peeping in the window. I sheepishly went to the door, still in my flannel PJ's, and let my student in. I told him I had cancelled lessons for the day, but if he didn't mind me teaching in my pajamas and fuzzy slippers we could go ahead and do our lesson! We all had a good laugh about it--but ever since I make sure to put on real clothes on snow days--just in case!

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Friday Funny

8/5/2016

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In keeping with this week's theme of transposition....

One of my students recently got an electric organ at home, in addition to his acoustic piano. He has been playing the organ at his church for the past year and was very excited to have his own to practice on at home. He has slowly been learning about all the bells and whistles on his new instrument, and he was especially fascinated by the "transpose" button.

So when we started a new piece in the key of B major, he very happily told me that he didn't need to worry about all the sharps; he could just leave them out and use the transpose button on his electric organ. He was disappointed to learn that wasn't quite how the button worked--it couldn't magically add in whatever sharps or flats you left out!

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