Question: One of my biggest struggles in piano teaching is hand position. I have tried so many different strategies -discussing and demonstrating the natural round hand shape, playing on their arm, … Continue Reading →
How To Teach Piano To “Chatty Cathy”
Do you have a “Chatty Cathy” as a piano student? These kinds of piano students are always amusing, are never boring, and are full of amazingly un-related information during their piano lesson time. … Continue Reading →
Are Your Piano Students Always Playing Catch-Up? It’s Q&A Day!
Question: What is the best way to encourage a child to work on a technique that the 'lesson book' has already moved past but the student didn't really master? Piano students working out of piano … Continue Reading →
How to Teach Piano to Mr. Casual McTryitout
Does this sound familiar? You open your piano student's piano bag and haul out their piano books. The newsletter you sent home with them last week to give to Mom flutters to the ground. Their books … Continue Reading →
It’s Just Not Working Anymore; Piano Parents Who Sit In On Lessons
A common question we are asked by my piano teachers is, "What do you say to parents who want to stay for lessons and interrupt your style of teaching? I clearly state that parents stay in the next … Continue Reading →
How to Teach Piano to Einstein; 8 Tips For Teaching Gifted Piano Students
All of my piano students are gifted. I know this because their mothers tell me so! All kidding aside, while I adore each of my little “prodigies”, their giftedness is more often in the “gift of gab” … Continue Reading →
Note Reading Issues ‘No More’ – 7 Solutions For Success
Question: I have a student who has taken almost 10 years of piano with me and claims that she can't read notes. She is a junior in high school and she starts working on her June recital pieces in … Continue Reading →
How To Teach Piano To Extremely Shy Students: What You Need To Know To Gain Their Trust
I wouldn’t describe myself as an overly talkative person… but when I first started teaching piano, you wouldn’t have known it. Put me in a lesson with a painfully shy student, and suddenly I turned … Continue Reading →
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