Thanks to videoconferencing tools such as Skype and FaceTime, teaching music lessons online is becoming more and more popular among…
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How to Use Printable Sticky Notes in Piano Lessons
Printable sticky notes in piano lessons can give students a tremendous amount of ownership over their own practice sessions. Quick,…
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Go with the Flow in Piano Lessons
When students enter our studios, they usually arrive with some sort of baggage. Leftover and unprocessed feelings or emotions from…
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Basketball Dribble Specs in Piano Lessons? Yes Please!
When students are sight-reading, why should they learn to keep their eyes up and on the page and not on…
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Three Rules for A Magical, Musical, Moving Performance
In recent months, I’ve heard a lot of teachers discussing and wondering how to help students play with emotion and…
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Accompanying 101: 10 Tips for Beginning Accompanists
This post originally appeared at my original Plucky Pianista blog in December 2013, and is featured as part of “The Top Influential Piano…
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Googly Eye Dice: Tutorial and Teaching Tips
Hi friends! Have you noticed that dice and googly eyes seem to be incredibly popular right now in teaching circles?…
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