Category: Practicing

Metronome 101: 5 tips for introducing the metronome to your students

10/12/2021

The metronome can be a helpful tool for many reasons. It can also be a tool that musicians love to hate!

Why is the metronome important, and how should students start practicing with the metronome? In today's post, I will be sharing some of my best tips for successfully introducing the metronome to your students--as well as a few alternatives to traditional metronome practice!

Read on for more "Metronome 101..."

0 Comments

Musicianship Monthly for September

8/30/2021

6 Comments

The Musicianship Monthly series is back! (Want to learn more about Musicianship Monthly and see past activities? Click HERE!)

Just like last year, each month I will be focusing on a different musicianship skill and giving you links to free resources you can use with your students! This gives you the opportunity to rotate through a variety of musicianship skills to supplement your lessons with students of all ages.

Last year, we covered a variety of topics, including lead sheet playing, transposing, guided composition, and sight-reading. What's up first for this year? A great skill to jump-start the new school year: PRACTICING!

Click "read more" for 3 free worksheets you can use this month to help develop your students' practice skills!

6 Comments

10 Fun Ways to Use Puzzle Erasers in Your Next Lesson!

8/3/2021

0 Comments

I have blogged before about my love of puzzle erasers! These inexpensive teaching tools give you lots of bang for your buck since they can be used to enhance your lessons in so many ways. They also come in a variety of fun shapes, so you are sure to find one your students will love (as you can see, we are partial to cats in my studio).

Keep reading to check out my top ten ways to use puzzle erasers in your next lesson!

0 Comments

2 Minute Teaching Tip #6: Warm-up exercises for beginners

4/12/2021

0 Comments

Do you have beginners that struggle with flying fingers or tension in their shoulders, arms, and hands? If so, check out these quick and easy exercises that will help students of all ages to develop body awareness and learn techniques to release tension at the piano.

Click "read more" to watch the video!

0 Comments

"Easy, Medium, or Hard?" Teaching Students to Self-Assess

2/19/2021

0 Comments

As I have mentioned in my previous articles on practicing, one of my most important goals as a teacher is to instill good practice habits in my students. I want my students to have a toolbox of practice strategies that they can draw from to solve any problem they might encounter in their music.

However, an equally important part of the practice puzzle is teaching students how to assess themselves as they practice. The majority of our students' work at the piano is done outside of our lessons--so it is important that students know how to listen carefully and how to critique themselves as they practice independently.

Read on for 3 ideas you can use to help your students learn the important skill of self-assessment!

0 Comments

<<Previous

Metronome 101: 5 tips for introducing the metronome to your students

Musicianship Monthly for September

10 Fun Ways to Use Puzzle Erasers in Your Next Lesson!

2 Minute Teaching Tip #6: Warm-up exercises for beginners

"Easy, Medium, or Hard?" Teaching Students to Self-Assess

Author

Archives

Categories