The first five minutes of a piano lesson are critical. If you can capture the attention of a student in the first five minutes, the rest of the lesson will be a breeze. Too often, however, piano lessons are anything but breezy… because the first five minutes are composed of mundane, boring, technical warm-ups.
But that’s about to change!
With the piano resource we’re previewing in today’s post, the first five minutes of lessons will go from dull to dynamite as your students have a blast improving their finger flexibility, hand extensions and finger speed. Keep reading to learn more.
Rock The First 5 Minutes Of A Lesson With Lead Sheets
K-Crew and the Urban Keys is August’s book of the month from Teach Piano Today’s PianoBookClub. The 18 late-elementary lead sheets in this book will infuse energy into the first five minutes of your piano lessons as your kids warm up their fingers while enjoying the creativity that lead sheets provide.
K-Crew and the Urban Keys is divided into three stellar sections: Hip Hop Hand Extensions, Full Out Fingers, and Freestyle Finger Flex. Each section contains an inspiring instructional page and six lead sheets designed to help your students master skill-building warm-ups.
With simple-to-follow teacher pages, this book will get you and your students rockin’ out to lead sheets in no time, even if you’ve never taught using lead sheets before.
Preview “K-Crew and the Urban Keys”
Click on the image below to view a flip-through preview of 10 pages from August’s PianoBookClub book of the month and if you like what you see, click here to become a member of PianoBookClub for just $8/month and the first book you’ll receive will be K-Crew and the Urban Keys. Note: This book is only available until August 31, 2017.
Let K-Crew and the Urban Keys get your late-elementary piano students in the groove with an inspiring blend of improvisation and creativity that only leads sheets can deliver. Visit PianoBookClub here to learn more.
Do you have to join the book club to get this book?
Hi Jane – yes, our music is all available through PianoBookClub.com. As long as you sign up before August 31st this is the book you’ll receive immediately via email 🙂
This is so cute! However, it would be too challenging for my beginners – do you have something similar for primer and level 1?
Hi Nancy – our PianoBookClub book “Cob Webster” was easier – if you are a PianoBookClub member you can watch for it as a re-release that you can “add on” to your regular membership. If you need info on this and are a member of PianoBookClub – email me 🙂
Love the book club, look forward each month. Just wanted to encourage you to write something for beginners. Something to use with our Method Books to reinforce note reading on a Primary level like Middle C or C position. Just a thought!
Hi Bonnie – we have done this in the past (look for Nuts About Note Reading, My Sight Reading Superpower, Zzzz’s and G’s, Dozy Doormouse and The Sleepless Beat, The Mysterious Case of Chewtwig van Beaverton, and Intervalactic as the re-released books you can choose to purchase as an “add-on” each month if you are a continuing member) and there is more coming in the next few months! 🙂
Hi! I love the sample, but I just opened the email and saw that it’s past the due date! Will you offer this book or one like it again soon?
Hi Michael! Continuing members of PianoBookClub get the chance to purchase past books each month as an optional add-on 🙂 This is how you can catch up on books you missed in previous months. Email me if you want more info on this 🙂
Is this a book that would be sent home with them then? Or is it a sightreading/in-studio resource mainly?
Hi Judy – it’s a book you would sent home for home practice too as a “warm-up” before their repertoire practice. However, you could certainly use it as sight-reading in lessons as well. This book isn’t available anymore as it’s past August 31st, but if you become a continuing member of PianoBookClub then you’d have the opportunity to purchase past books as an “add-on” to catch up on those you missed before you became a member 🙂