Don’t you dare forget to check out the fabulous giveaway!  Click here to leave a comment and be entered to win some piano books!

 

When a student learns a new note, I like to talk about what the note looks like- if it’s a line or space, where it sit on the staff, etc.  I think if the student can explain this to me, then it will be easier to remember that note. 

I had one particularly antsy little student I was trying to do this with, and she was just not understanding what I wanted her to tell me.  Knowing that she likes to pretend, I said, “Pretend I’m blind and I have no idea what this note looks like.  Now I’m going to close my eyes and see if I can picture it while you describe it to me.”

It worked!  Then, she wanted to close her eyes and have me describe the note.  She told me she could see it perfectly!