Comments on: Buying Time http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/ Relax, Share, and Laugh! Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:39:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mary lou http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 mary lou Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:33:57 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=385#comment-1922 Also, have the student play "simon says" with a parent or older child at home - working on finger numbers. Also, have the student play “simon says” with a parent or older child at home – working on finger numbers.

]]> By: mary lou http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 mary lou Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:31:16 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=385#comment-1921 To help the student learn finger numbers, make finger puppets that each have a smile face and the cordinating finger number. Put them in an envelope. Have the child put them on his fingers each day at home. To help the student learn finger numbers, make finger puppets that each have a smile face and the cordinating finger number. Put them in an envelope. Have the child put them on his fingers each day at home.

]]> By: melody http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 melody Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:32:15 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=385#comment-1870 You might want to check out Pianimals.com. I recently decided to look into them for a student who needs remedial help. The Pianimals method moves slowly, giving a lot of review of each concept through familiar songs the students will love to play. Book A focuses on finger numbers. Book B teaches key names on the piano keyboard. Book C teaches the staff, using an animal to introduce each staff note. (Later books review guide notes, chords, and G position.) Each book comes with a CD to help students practice. You might want to check out Pianimals.com. I recently decided to look into them for a student who needs remedial help. The Pianimals method moves slowly, giving a lot of review of each concept through familiar songs the students will love to play. Book A focuses on finger numbers. Book B teaches key names on the piano keyboard. Book C teaches the staff, using an animal to introduce each staff note. (Later books review guide notes, chords, and G position.) Each book comes with a CD to help students practice.

]]> By: Amy Chaplin http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Amy Chaplin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:07:33 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=385#comment-1840 Check out This website. Phillip Johnson has got tons of innovative ideas and this website has lots of free tools for teaching. It's awesome! Hope you can get some use out of it. I do. http://www.practicespot.com/freetools.phtml Check out This website. Phillip Johnson has got tons of innovative ideas and this website has lots of free tools for teaching. It’s awesome! Hope you can get some use out of it. I do.

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]]> By: Jonathan Wheeler http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/04/buying-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 Jonathan Wheeler Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:56:08 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=385#comment-1789 I don't have any tricks, but something that might make things easier for you is this free and open source music notation software lilypond: http://lilypond.org/web/. Could save you time if you need to make a custom lesson and don't have software. I don’t have any tricks, but something that might make things easier for you is this free and open source music notation software lilypond: http://lilypond.org/web/. Could save you time if you need to make a custom lesson and don’t have software.

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