05 Feb 2024
By Shelly Davis
PPP 357: Teacher Chat with Becki Laurent and Clinton Pratt: Artful Dodges in Piano Lessons

PPP 357: Teacher Chat with Becki Laurent and Clinton Pratt: Artful Dodges in Piano Lessons

Podcast, Teacher Chat, , , , ,
What's your best deflection technique? Sometimes I'll answer a question with another question to avoid giving an uncomfortable answer.What's your piano kid's best deflection technique? Do they try to memorize all their music to avoid sight reading? Do they blame the metronome when they aren't able to play along with it?Learn some common "artful dodges" in today's teacher chat with Becki Laurent and Clinton Pratt.Click here to find other teacher chats. Listen to the full episode here Resources mentioned in the show Notation resources for arranging and orchestration:SibeliusNotionNoteflightMusescoreMetronome resources:Sound BrennerSpeakbeatSuperMetronome Groove BoxBecki shared these stickers from Trevor and Andrea Dow's…
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06 Nov 2023
By Shelly Davis
PPP 354: “No Book Beginners” with author and TopMusic.co Founder, Tim Topham

PPP 354: “No Book Beginners” with author and TopMusic.co Founder, Tim Topham

Podcast, Teacher Interviews, ,
In today's episode, author and international teacher of piano teachers, Tim Topham shares his approach to music learning in his new book, "No Book Beginners". Rather than stifling your piano kid's enthusiasm for piano by slowing down music-making with foreign terminology and symbols and expecting them to learn to read music before they expore the interesting sounds the piano can create, Tim's book offers a different approach. Get your piano kid creating music and exploring sounds right from the first lesson! Listen to the full episode here Resources mentioned in today's show Listen to previous conversations between Tim and Shelly:…
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29 Mar 2021
By Shelly Davis
PPP234: Are we having FUN yet?

PPP234: Are we having FUN yet?

Podcast, Practicing and Motivation,
Should piano lessons and home piano practice be fun? Is it better to have a serious piano lesson? What do you do to keep practice from becoming boring? Listen to the full episode here What do you think about this definition of fun? Here is a different take on FUN If you would like a better definition of fun when it comes to piano lessons, you might try to make them.... Fulfilling If you have a task to do, it can be fulfilling simply because you enjoy the result of the work. I don't like sweeping the floors but I…
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