It's the month of the famous piano composer's birthday! Check out this site's great resources for Chopin's music. They have so much interesting information gathered in one spot - and it changes every month!
Parents and Practice Help
Most parents know the value of practice. How can a parent - musically inclined or not help their child to develop good practice habits? Children need parental help to establish a productive practice routine at least until they are 11 years old. Help them to read their assignments. Help them to keep their routine. Encourage … Continue reading Parents and Practice Help
The Seven Deadly Performance Sins
A successful performance is not about the mistakes. It's about the whole"show".
Music as Medicine
"Music boosts the body's immune system and is more effective than prescription drugs in reducing anxiety before a surgery... "I think the promise of music as medicine is that it's natural and it's cheap and it doesn't have the unwanted side effects that many pharmaceutical products do," said Daniel Levitin" Read more of this interesting … Continue reading Music as Medicine
Season’s Greetings
MY WISHES FOR YOU! May you and your family have a very... and a Healthy 2016!
Recipe for Success: The first 6 months of piano lessons
1. Timetable practice into your daily schedule
2. Sit down once a week with your child for an intensive practice session together
3. Lavish praise and encouragement
4. Use bribes 🙂
View the complete article for more ideas- Diary of a Piano Mama
1. Timetable practice into your daily schedule
Seriously.
Nothing but nothing but nothing (but nothing) will replace actual time spent on the piano, each day.
With any luck your child will have a lovely time spending 30 mins each week with a piano teacher – piano teachers are notoriously lovely people, after all. If you have chosen the right piano teacher who chooses the right piano method for your child, your child is bound to have fun and look forward to going along to lessons each week.
Any student is likely to be able to move along and progress through a method book just by playing once or twice each week – it’s not rocket science, after all.
However, no one is born with “piano hands.” And prodigy is developed and nurtured – not some kind of divine blessing.
If you have decided to make the investment in piano lessons…
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Gift Ideas
Give the gift of music! Trying to find the perfect present for the musician on your list? There are always interesting and fun musically themed gifts available. What about....... Gift Certificates for music lessons, digital uploading, music books, recording time, music instruments, music store.... Music Bag... is handy to keep organized and protects books transportation to the lesson. Children … Continue reading Gift Ideas
Just Keep Singing!
Have you ever been told that your voice is terrible? How hard was that to hear? Science has proven that a voice is just like any other instrument. The more that you practice, the better you'll be! Have a look at this link for further info.
Tips to Arrive Prepared for a Music Lesson
It's that time of year again. Time to transition form the carefree summer holidays to the new schedule of school. Mornings are rough in every household. Sometimes students come to their lessons with it all - every music book needed - as well as their assignment book! And, other times they arrive wrinkled and with no books. It’s … Continue reading Tips to Arrive Prepared for a Music Lesson
iPad/Pod Music Apps
Jennifer Bailey has a wonderful list of music iPod/Pad apps that she uses in her classroom. They are graded for K-2 and 2-3 students. The apps are also grouped in uses such as Games, Listening, Notation, Recording & Mixing Apps. You may find the full list and links here.
Musical Discovery with Suzanne Gilmore 