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Responding to Wendy Stevens’ question “What is your favorite gadget or gizmo to use in teaching?” on Facebook today, my response included a Monster Puppet, a scarf, and juggling balls. There wasn’t quite enough room in the comments section, so I figured I’d elaborate here! Monster Puppet – It’s just a puppet. I stick it on my . . . → Read More: Juggling Balls A recent discussion at PianoTeaching.com’s Piano Club focused on the different kinds of assignment sheets teachers use for their students. I thought I’d share mine and say a few words about the kinds of assignments I make. You can find the sheet in pdf format on my Teaching Materials page. I made the sheet in Pages, and . . . → Read More: Assignment Sheets I do this thing every now and then where I practice with a metronome but put the metronome across the room – 10 feet away or so. It feels very different than having it right on the piano, and I think it’s because of how it changes the way you listen. When the metronome is far away, . . . → Read More: Quick Metronome Idea Here’s an exercise I use to help speed up Alberti bass figures: First, sit so that the C above middle C is directly in front of you. Second, turn your body to the right so that you’re facing the top C on the keyboard. Third, practice this, using 5131 5131 for your fingering: Doing this simple exercise can help students . . . → Read More: The Augmented Alberti Exercise Two things inspired this post: The first is Concert Hands, a completely ridiculous piece of technology that you strap on to your wrists and hands to help you learn to play. (Seriously, watch the video, it’s hilarious!) The second is a description of a teaching technique in Julie Knerr’s excellent article on elementary technique in the first issue . . . → Read More: Piano Playing – in 3D! |
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