Group workshops can be a wonderful addition to your studio to help your students learn together, play theory games, improvise and socialise. Find out how to bring them into your studio in this episode. Relevant Resources Hippity Hop Your Way to Rhythm Reading Success Bluesy Sounds Cards Practice Power Piano Party Group Workshop Group Lesson…
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VMT038: How to jam with the 12 bar blues in group workshops
Ensemble improvisation is one of my favourite activities to do at group workshops. In this episode, I’ll teach you how to do this with the 12 bar blues, no matter what instruments you have available! Relevant Resources Hippity Hop Your Way to Rhythm Reading Success Bluesy Sounds Cards Practice Power Piano Party Group Workshop…
VMT037: How to Improve Your Students’ Duet Skills
Do your students get the opportunity to play duets often enough? Find out how to fit in more duet playing and teaching tips to set your students up for success with duets in this episode. Relevant Resources Why You Should Use Improvisation to Teach Duet Skills FULL TRANSCRIPT Click on any word to jump…
VMT036: 3 Simple Improvisation Exercises for Music Teachers
Are you apprehensive of getting started with improvisation in your piano teaching? In this episode, I’ll give you 3 super easy improvisation exercise to get you started and help you make your lessons more creative. Relevant Resources Finding Time to Improvise Workshop Hook Theory FULL TRANSCRIPT Click on any word to jump to that point…
VMT035: Improvisation as a tool for music teachers
Improvisation can be so much more than just another thing to fit into your packed lessons. In this episode, I’ll share with you how I use improvisation as a tool to teach other concepts and allow students to experience new things before labelling them. Relevant Resources Finding Time to Improvise Workshop Piano Powerbooster Two…
VMT034: A super fun first lesson with a new piano student
In this episode, I’ll share the activities I do at a first lesson with a new piano student including games and improvisation. Listen in to find out more! Relevant Resources Piano Powerbooster One FULL TRANSCRIPT Click on any word to jump to that point in the audio. 🙂 VMT 034 – A super fun…
VMT033: How to start lesson planning for your music lessons
What type of lesson plans can you use as a music teacher? How did you get started with this stuff if you’ve never planned your lessons before? I’ll help you with all that and more in this show. Relevant Resources Assigning in Advance: Piano Homework and lesson plan all-in-one 3 Useful Stylesof Lesson Plans for…
VMT032: How to find YOUR music teaching curriculum
How do you know what your music teaching curriculum should look like? That’s what I’ll help you decide in this week’s episode with some simple and actionable exercises. Relevant Resources Piano Powerbooster One course Curriculum Kickoff: 5 Day Lesson Planning Challenge Piano Tracks Project FULL TRANSCRIPT Click on any word to jump to that…
VMT031: What is a music teaching curriculum?
What is a music teaching curriculum and why would you want one? I believe this is one of the most powerful things you can do in your studio and today I want to talk you through why it’s so important. Relevant Resources Piano Powerbooster One course Scale Level Challenges Full Transcript Click on any word…
VMT030: 3 rhythm warmups for your music teaching studio
Learn 3 fantastic rhythm exercises that you can use with your students, taken from my brand new book, Rhythm in 5. These rhythm games are all really fun and take just a few minutes of lesson time – so what are you waiting for? Relevant Resources Rhythm in 5 on Amazon Full Transcript Click on…