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CKQC036_ ‘Zebra on a Pogo Stick’ rote piece introduction Blog Post Template

CKQC036: ‘Zebra on a Pogo Stick’ rote piece introduction

‘Zebra on a Pogo Stick’ is a student favourite from Piano Safari Book 1. I haven’t met a student yet who doesn’t love this piece. Over time, I have picked up which style of rote piece introduction suits which piece. ‘Zebra on a Pogo Stick’ is very suited to this tactic of hands separate work….

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Filed Under: Colourful Keys Quick Clips Tagged With: pattern based piano teaching, piano safari, rote piano teaching, rote teaching, teaching pattern pieces

CKQC017_ Learning through listening with the rote piece ‘Dragon Dance’ blog post

CKQC017: Learning through listening with the rote piece ‘Dragon Dance’

Here, my student Georgia is working on Dragon Dance from Pattern Pieces 2. She was having a little trouble bringing in the right hand on time in one section. Rather than tell her where the glitch was or having her count it out, I decided in this case to give her an opportunity to listen…

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Filed Under: Colourful Keys Quick Clips Tagged With: colourful keys, colourful keys quick clip, piano teaching, rote teaching

CKQC003: Hand tapping as a rote teaching aid

This video is the third in the video series: Colourful Keys Quick Clips. You can catch all the quick clips published so far by clicking here. When you’re teaching pattern pieces you sometimes need to employ a rote teaching aid to help you on your way. Anything you can do to make the learning easier…

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Filed Under: Colourful Keys Quick Clips, Music Theory, Practice Tagged With: colourful keys quick clip, piano teaching, preschool piano, rote teaching, teaching young piano students

30DSR Day 18 Get away from the score

30DSR Day 18: Get Away from the Score and Get Creative

Do you always want to fit in more creativity into your lessons? Well today’s the day to get away from the score. Leave the page behind and open up the world of improvisation, composition or rote teaching. In the last few years there seems to have been a shift among music teachers towards more creative teaching….

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Filed Under: Business, Creativity, Music Theory Tagged With: creative music teaching, improvisation & composition, improvising in piano lessons, rote teaching, teaching away from the score

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Nicola Cantan is a piano teacher, author, blogger and creator of imaginative and engaging teaching resources. She loves getting piano students learning through laughter, and helping teachers to teach through games and off-bench activities, so that their students giggle their way through music theory and make faster progress.

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