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CKQC037_ Beginner piano student ear training with melody playbacks Blog Post Template

CKQC037: Beginner piano student ear training with melody playbacks

Simple little ear training exercises like this one can be integrated into your lessons in just a few minutes, and they can make a big difference. In this quick clip, we’re working on melody playbacks. I always ask my student to pick do when we do these, and then I help them to find re…

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CKQC029_ Solfa identification aural exercise for beginner piano students Blog Post Template

CKQC029: Solfa identification aural exercise for beginner piano students

I brought solfa into my piano studio a few years ago, to help with sight singing. This has quickly expanded and I now try to include an aural exercise in every lesson. Sometimes things get in the way, but if I miss a week, it’s first on the agenda the following week. Doing an aural…

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Filed Under: Colourful Keys Quick Clips, Music Theory Tagged With: aural skills for pianists, ear training for piano students, practical aural skills, singing with solfa, teaching solfa

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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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