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06 Mar 2023

PPP 323: PIANO DAY Project and Music Cryptography

Podcast, Practice Challenge88th day of the year, Music Cryptography, Piano Day, PIANO DAY Project, practice challenge

March 29 is the 88th day of the year - PIANO DAY!!To celebrate one of our favorite days of the year, we are going to do a fun Piano Day Project where we will encrypt a secret name in our special, one-of-a-kind melody.Learn how in today's show! Listen to the full episode here Resources mentioned in today's show PIANODAY.orgYouTube videos you might enjoy:Musical Espionage and the BACH motifMusical Cryptograms: the Easter eggs of classical musicHow Beethoven accidentally contributed to free Europe in WWII Download the first step of our PIANO DAY Project here Plot your own cryptographic melodyDownload the Alpha-numeric…

11 Jul 2022

By Shelly Davis

PPP 299: WWYD – Practice Space

Mom to Mom, Podcastacoustic piano, Fall Into Music, keyboard, practice, practice challenge, What would you do

This summer, I’m doing a special series called, “What would you do?” We’re taking a little break from the longer format episodes to focus on individual scenarios you might face as you and your piano kid navigate this musical journey. Just as your child puts their backpack by the door the night before school and you have your car keys in a bowl on a table in the entry hallway, this summer series will give you ideas about how to handle potential obstacles in your piano studies. Listen to the full episode here Listen to the whole WWYD series PPP…

02 Nov 2020

By Shelly Davis

PPP215: External Motivation to Practice – PIANOVEMBER

Podcast, Practice Challengemotivation, Pianovember, practice challenge

At the beginning of this semester, in August and September, our excitement and enthusiasm for the new school year were high. As October came and went, our school workload got heavier and our schedules got busier; and piano practice became less consistent. Now that November is here, we are full-on in a mid-semester slump. This is true not only for piano kids but also for piano parents. This is the perfect time for a world-wide piano practice challenge. Enter PIANOVEMBER!! Listen to the full episode here You might also enjoy these previous episodes PPP105: The Blessing of Routine PPP126: Building…

21 Oct 2019

By Shelly Davis

PPP165: Student Case Study, Ray, Chapter 4

Podcast, Practicing and Motivation2A, 2B, incentives, Note Rush, Piano Adventures, Piano Adventures Player, practice challenge, Sight Reading, Thomas Grayston

In these episodes which end with five (155, 145, 135) we are following the journey of a typical student as he learns to read music and play the piano. This student, I'm calling him Ray, began lessons with me in January of 2019. His older brothers studied with me a few years ago and I am delighted to be working with him.When we last shared Ray's story, he had just begun learning the pieces in the Piano Adventures Method book 2A. Listen to the full episode here Lesson 10 Ray has been eager to get to the Level 2B book,…

09 Sep 2019

By Shelly Davis

PPP159: Practicing Integrity

Podcast, Practicing and MotivationFall Into Music, Harvard Business School, Integrity, Michael Jensen, practice challenge

At the end of last week's show, I mentioned an article by Michael Jensen, professor at Harvard Business School, titled "Integrity: Without it Nothing Works." I thought it was a great topic for a complete show in itself so here we are. You might hear people say that studying piano teaches children so much more than music. You've probably heard me say that. One of my tenth episodes talked about the non-musical benefits of studying the piano. In PPP100 I listed things like listening, problem solving, and coordination. All great things. Today, let's talk about another valuable non-musical concept: INTEGRITY. What does integrity…

22 Oct 2018

By Shelly Davis

PPP115: PIANOVEMBER Practice Challenge 2018

Podcast, Practice Challenge, Practicing and MotivationPianovember, practice challenge, tallies

Many of you participated in our last Practice Challenge, Fall Into Music back in September. In fact, some of you are using the challenge for the remainder of the fall season. It’s been a lot of fun seeing your piano kid’s pictures on Instagram. Now that November is just around the corner, it’s time to start our next practice challenge. What do you get when you combine piano with November? PIANOVEMBER! Here’s how it works. Students, you will tally one point for every piece you play, every time you play it. You can play review pieces, old pieces, new pieces,…

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