Teaching rote or pattern pieces to piano students online has its own unique challenges. How do we make sure students remember these pieces? How do we demonstrate clearly and check their position on the piano through video calls? I’ll cover all that and more in this episode. Relevant Resources Your Essential Guide to Teaching Piano…
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Help Students Write Good Melodies with These 3 Steps
This blog about how to write good melodies comes from teacher, composer, and orchestrator Geri Green. Geri is passionate about teaching music and all things creative, sharing her ideas with anyone who’ll listen through her blog TheEvolvingPianist.com. A multi-passionate music professional from a long line of piano teachers and musicians, Geri’s taught piano, theory and…
Teaching Technique in Online Piano Lessons
Teaching technique in online piano lessons requires some rethinking and creative ideas to make it work. In this episode, I’ll go through my top tips for teaching technique effectively to online piano students. Relevant Resources Your Essential Guide to Teaching Piano Online Online Lesson Essentials How to Use an Overhead Piano Camera in Zoom Teaching…
Inspire Your Students With Bite-Sized Piano Composition Prompts
Composing is an amazing way to learn and internalize music theory concepts while flexing that creativity muscle, but we don’t always have the time in our lessons to devote to it. When we do try and fit it in, we’re faced with students who are terrified at the mere mention of writing their own music….
Backup Plans for Online Music Teachers
There’s one thing stressing many teachers out when it comes to online music lessons…what about when it all goes wrong?! What do we do when the internet drops out, or if the student has an ‘off’ day? In this episode, we’ll discuss strategies for dealing with all the technology frustrations and how to put a…
Creative Piano Studio Celebrations: From Halloween to Hanukkah
If you’ve been racking your brains for fun ideas to celebrate the big holidays in your piano studio in 2020, or wondering how to host an online Christmas recital, this is the article for you. 🙂 Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah and any other holidays you normally celebrate in your studio are looking a little different this…
Teaching Strategies for Online Music Teaching
What teaching strategies work for online music teachers? In this episode, we’ll unpack the adjustments most teachers need to make when teaching online music lessons. We’ll also discuss some great ideas for learning from your online lessons and improving your teaching across the board. Relevant Resources Your Essential Guide to Teaching Piano Online Online Lesson…
Does it Matter What Other Teachers Are Doing?
Do you try to avoid keeping up with the proverbial music teacher Jones’s? Putting the blinders on and ignoring what other teachers are doing could be a big mistake. Each year at around this time, we launch a survey to find out: What teachers are charging Where teachers are teaching How teachers are teaching …plus…
Ultimate Guide to Teaching Composing to Piano Students
This post about teaching composing to piano students is a consolidation of posts which were originally published in April 2015, March 2016, May 2016, February 2017, May 2017, April 2018 and April 2019 and updated in September 2020. Does the idea teaching composing to piano students make you nervous? Are you not sure where to…
How to Make Your Online Music Lessons FUN
Are your online lessons feeling a bit stale? Are you wondering if there’s a better way to engage with your students over video call? In this episode, I’ll help you figure out how to inject some fun into your online teaching with games, surprises and teaching tricks. Relevant Resources Your Essential Guide to Teaching Piano…
