Sight-reading is an incredibly valuable skill for musicians. While some students naturally gravitate towards exploring new music and sight-reading fearlessly,…
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9 Essentials to Include in a First Piano Lesson
Whether you’re teaching a first piano lesson, a trial piano lesson with a prospective student, or a meet & greet,…
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How to Use the AnyTune Pro App in Piano Lessons, PLUS Free Leadsheet
AnyTune Pro is an app that allows you to change the tempo and key of a song or piece, and…
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Easy Composition Activity for Beginning Piano Students
I love doing fun activities in piano lessons to reinforce the notes, rhythms, and other concepts students are learning, while…
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Teaching Piano Lessons Online with Skype & FaceTime
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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iPad App Tutorial: Transfer TpT Worksheets Directly Onto Your iPad
Who loves worksheets? I do! I love creating worksheets for my students, and I love using those worksheets as well…
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