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25 Favorite Hymns for Beginning Pianists (Bonus: Create Your Own Accompaniments)

25 Favorite Hymns for Beginning Pianists (Bonus: Create Your Own Accompaniments)

I love the old hymns, discovering chord patterns, expanding my accompaniment styles, and therefore, teaching hymns for beginning pianists. In this post, I will share a peek inside Simple Hymns for Worship as well as give you ideas for creating your own accompaniment/teacher duet part (with a video tutorial!).
5 Easy Ways to Use Music Certificates in Private Lessons and K-12 Music Classes

5 Easy Ways to Use Music Certificates in Private Lessons and K-12 Music Classes

These aesthetically-pleasing music certificates can go a long way in helping create positive, long-lasting memories for music students. The list of awards can be used as a planning tool for teachers. Click here to read 5 easy ways to use music certificates in private music lessons and the K-12 music classroom.
5 Ways Staff Wars Beginner Theory Worksheets Benefit Your Piano Studio

5 Ways Staff Wars Beginner Theory Worksheets Benefit Your Piano Studio

Do your beginning music students love Star Wars, Star Trek, or any other space-related movie or TV show? Capitalize on your students’ interest in outer space by providing them with these 62 Staff Wars Beginning Theory Worksheets. Just print and go! Read more to discover five ways to use these beautifully designed, yet no frills worksheets in your studio.
Create An Easy DIY Piano Bulletin Board for Your Piano Studio

Create An Easy DIY Piano Bulletin Board for Your Piano Studio

Is your piano studio in need of some freshening up? Are you looking for an easy piano studio board that will make a statement, even in very small spaces? Do you need the perfect way to welcome your students to lessons? Then you need your own DIY piano bulletin board! In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create your own “Welcome to Piano” bulletin board.
7 Ways to Use Music Math Worksheets in a Variety of Music Classes

7 Ways to Use Music Math Worksheets in a Variety of Music Classes

Music Math Worksheets are a versatile tool that can be used in the general or choral music setting as well as the private lesson setting. The variety of math problems appeals to a wide range of students, from preschool to high school.
209 music theory worksheets for your private piano studio or music class are ready for you and will save lots of time and effort -- just print and go!

Save Time With Over 200 Print-and-Go Music Theory Worksheets!

Take a peek at what’s inside this super collection of over 200 music theory worksheets! Puzzles, keyboard geography, musical spelling bees, music symbols, Italian terms and so much more are right here. Just download, print and go, saving you SO much time and effort as you plan for piano lessons and music class.
Teaching Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios Using the Superstar Scales Piano Technique Book

Teaching Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios Using the Superstar Scales Piano Technique Book

The Superstar Scales Piano Technique Book is clean and simple, yet thorough enough that students should not need any additional books for learning scales, chords, and arpeggios after mastering this book. The alternate fingerings allow students to seamlessly transition to two and four- octave scales.
Piano Keys Are a Breeze! 11 Introductory Piano Key Recognition Activities

Piano Keys Are a Breeze! 11 Introductory Piano Key Recognition Activities

Looking for cute and colourful keyboard geography worksheets to use with your young, beginning piano students? Piano Keys Are a Breeze is a fantastic, inexpensive resource that includes 11 appealing worksheets that your in-person or online students can start using today.
Get Organized with Piano Studio Business and Planning Templates

Get Organized with Piano Studio Business and Planning Templates

The Piano Teacher’s Survival Kit has all the studio business and lesson planning templates you need to create your perfect studio. Between the three categories of studio business, lesson planning, and calendars/goals, there are so many uses for this piano studio organizational tool.
Recital Kits with Invitations, Programs, and Certificates -- Just in Time!

Recital Kits with Invitations, Programs, and Certificates — Just in Time!

Did you know that there are ready-made recital kits with welcome slides, invitations, programs, and certificates all ready for you to use this recital season and beyond? There’s so much involved in the planning phase of recitals, but let these tasks be the least stressful. Here’s a sneak peak of the blush and navy floral recital kit and the eucalyptus, marble, and gold kit, both elegant choices for your upcoming recital!
How To Create a QR Code for Your Piano Recital Program

How To Create a QR Code for Your Piano Recital Program

I don’t know about you, but I get frustrated printing programs for my recitals only to throw so many away afterward. So this year, I decided to try something different by creating a QR code for a digital piano recital program! This quick and easy tutorial will show you step by step how to create your own QR code so you can easily share a digital version of your piano recital program with your audience.

Ten Tips for Using the Springtime Musical Spelling Bee Game at Piano Lessons

Here’s an enjoyable piano lesson game that will help reinforce note-reading skills while at the same time producing loads of giggles from your students! Try the Springtime Musical Spelling Bee game and watch your students’ abilities improve.

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Hi! I’m Melody Payne, a pianist and piano teacher, educational resource author, a fun-loving wife to the most wonderful and talented hubby I could ask for, and a lifelong learner who loves to share. I want to make your life as a music teacher easier by writing and sharing helpful and relevant music teaching articles, and by creating educational resources with your very own students in mind. If you are a parent who wants to enroll your child in piano lessons, I’d love for us to get started building those skills that can give your child a lifetime of musical enjoyment!

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