tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19808302955183674892024-03-05T17:13:40.331-08:00Busy B's Piano StudioBusy B's Piano StudioBusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-46847654223993052452016-08-03T07:13:00.000-07:002016-08-03T07:26:17.796-07:00Dealing With Resistance To Learning New Music<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Practicing the piano with two granddaughters over the last two weeks has been interesting for me. They both love reviewing but there is a huge resistance to sight reading new music. What is the anatomy of that resistance? Is it fear? Do they fear note reading? Will the learning take forever?</span></div>
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<br />BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-57247855387372512992016-05-04T07:20:00.002-07:002016-05-04T07:20:54.992-07:00Student Compositions<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> That is how it starts out. My student has been composing and hesitantly wants me to hear it. It is simply scary to show your creative self. Here are five ways to make composing happen in your studio.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Encourage them to write down their song with any kind of notation. Provide </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">empty</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> staff paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Be willing to help them notate on your computer during extended lesson time</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Encourage them to get free <a href="http://www.finalemusic.com/products/finale-notepad/">Finale Notepad </a>on their home computer</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are two compositions which are repetitive and fun to learn. Dancing With The Stars, written by Anna when she was 10 years old, is in Gb but once the pattern is learned the notes seem easy. Song #6 is a syncopated piece with interesting accents, written by Chris in his early teens You can find them <a href="https://busyb.musicteachershelper.com/resources">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me. Next week I plan discuss ways students can use their piano skills in their community.</span><br />
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BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-33663991139509146502016-04-27T10:47:00.004-07:002016-04-27T10:47:36.987-07:00Scale Tag<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Periscoping with my brother was the highlight of my week. It wasn't until after I <a href="http://busybpiano.blogspot.com/2016/04/periscope-16-talking-to-ingo-r.html">viewed the video</a> again that I gleaned the really important insights. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "\22 georgia\22 " , "\22 times new roman\22 " , serif; text-align: start;"> When the cycle of breathing interferes with the cycles of playing then we get tense and we don't use our body effectively. </span></li>
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This week I started using this knowledge. It happened that I had overlap between two boys at their lessons who were the same age. The exercises described in the video below worked so much better with two boys. They felt less on the spot.<br />
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Playing scale tag was really fun for them and the emphasis was on breathing and staying on the beat.</div>
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One students breathes in and on the exhale goes down on a five finger scale. I chose going down instead of going up because it seems more intuitive with the exhale. The other student prepares by inhaling and choosing another five finger scale to exhale while going down. We played slowly, with intention. We go back and forth, from student to student, finding new scales, or playing the same ones. The next step was turning on a drum track. Now the challenge was coming in on the beat. </div>
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I have so much more context to work with now as I remind my students to breathe easily instead of holding their breath.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The winner of the book "Fascinations of the Human Voice" is Sara from Sara's Music Studio. It will be on the way soon.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me. Next week I plan to introduce some student compositions and make them available to download.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></span></span></div>
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BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-84483961652342731752016-04-20T05:55:00.000-07:002016-04-27T04:58:09.568-07:00 Awareness of Breath While Playing The Piano<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> Talking to Ingo R. Titze, professor of voice and speech and direction of <a href="http://www.ncvs.org/">The National Institute of Voice and </a></i></b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.ncvs.org/">Speech. </a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> When my brother visited conversations moved to the respiratory system and I had to access his knowledge of breathing while playing the piano. My I-Phone would only let me do five minutes segments of the twenty minute Periscope and there is some overlap from segment to segment. I hope you find the information helpful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Ingo R. Titze is a scientist of the voice and has been studying the mechanics of making sound for forty years. I knew he could enlighten me on the respiratory system and wondered if we could apply his knowledge of breathing to the issues I was facing with a few students who hold their breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> My question: I have a student who holds his breath while playing through difficult passages. How could I help?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Answer: "He needs to use his breath cycle to enhance what ever else he is doing. We do things in cycles almost always returning. We have to bring the rhythm of one cycle and bring it together with the rhythm of another cycle. When the cycle of breathing interferes with the cycles of playing then we get tense and we don't use our body effectively. But, if we are aware of our breathing then we start the phrase with a breath and we end the phrase with a breath. Then we have two cyclic movements going together and enhancing each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Question: How short of a segment could I expect a child to work on?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Answer: I would choose something about a second or two in length. Make that student aware that taking a breath and releasing it is really part of the playing.</span><br />
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Inhale before playing the passage and exhale while executing the phrase. Use other movements such as extending your arm to use the body and breath. Breath is a rhythm. Breath is not holding on to something, it is always a gradual letting go. But the timing must synchronize with what you are doing physically.<br />
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Question: Should we teach breath along with introduction to legato and wrist lift?<br />
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Notice how easy my student makes it look. In this video he is playing many levels below his current practice, but he found it fun to sightread something easy and play along.</div>
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Every level comes with three free songs and when I downloaded Level 3A I received the Lesson Book, The Performance Book, and The Artistry Book. all for $4.99 per level. Level 3A is the highest they have to offer, as of now.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> My voice scientist brother, Ingo Titze, will be Periscoping <b>April 18,</b> yes, that is a <b>Monday, at 9:00am </b>and I will be interviewing him about breath and helping pianists who are breath holders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST, but next week on Monday 9:00am, and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></span></span></div>
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Playing Name That Key came along when I needed motivation for my students to learn their key names with the musical alphabet. I play a key and they must tell me the letter name. We use tally marks to keep score from week to week. To make it challenging for myself when they play a white key for me, I shut my eyes and tell them which key they played. Now, I don't have perfect pitch but I do have relative pitch and I surprise them when I get them correct. Alas, sometimes my ear does not anchor on a pitch and to my student's delight I don't get a point. Drats! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope these games are useful and FYI, next week I will not be Periscoping. But I will return on April 12. My famous voice scientist brother, Ingo Titze, will be Periscoping April 18, yes, that is a Monday, and I will be interviewing him about breath and helping pianists who are breath holders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">First off, here is a student who really gets in the groove with the Pop Song Improv. You can find more <a href="http://busybpiano.blogspot.com/2016/03/simple-improvisational-composition.html">information here.</a> Isn't he great! Pardon the upside down view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I have listed the degrees of the scale, the boxed in letters are the scale names, and following the scales names are some possible notes to arpeggiate. I use a sequence that starts with Gb, the first degree of the scale, then goes down to Eb, the sixth degree of the scale, moves lower to Cb, the fourth degree of the scale, then moves up to Db, the fifth degree of the scale, and goes back home. You can also use an extended sequence with minor chords in the second degree, listed on the second row.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can help them develop a melodic ear.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></span></div>
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<br />BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-12921861140672302092016-03-15T13:00:00.001-07:002016-03-15T13:00:15.375-07:00Improvise An Irish Dance For St. Patrick's Day<br />
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My inspiration for daring to teach improvisational playing is <a href="https://forrestkinney.com/">Forrest Kinney</a>. He has produced some wonderful books that give ideas for improv patterns in all styles of music. He magically appeared at my dinner table one evening, unexpected and unannounced, and open my eyes to the joy of creating music. <a href="http://busybpiano.blogspot.com/2012/09/serendipity.html">Read about it here.</a></div>
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So today, here is a pattern for an Irish Dance. The parameters on on the picture below and watch the Periscope video to put it together.</div>
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Next week on Periscope I'll demonstrate a different pattern with add ons. This becomes just 5-8- minutes of my lesson time but can really energize my students.</div>
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I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.<br />
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Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></div>
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BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-34563770746711090782016-03-11T09:40:00.000-08:002016-03-11T09:41:58.736-08:00My Teaching Manifesto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>I am most curious about what could happen in my teaching career if I stay vulnerable and continue to try new things. I desire the courage to be seen as I am, not as I would like to be, which means that my weaknesses will be visible. In my heart of hearts, I know I am a good musician and teacher. Being brave to be "back on the floor again" when I try new technology or new musical skills is how I want to dare greatly. I am most passionate about being connected to my students and inspiring them to be curious and brave.</i></b></span></div>
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BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-52876624086778155882016-03-09T10:07:00.002-08:002016-03-15T12:48:54.315-07:00Simple Improvisational Composition<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> Periscope #10 </i></b></span><br />
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Wow! This is my tenth Periscope. I am finally figuring out how to make a better video. Periscope is very improvisational. People leave comments which surprise and delight. All of the interactive part makes me less anxious to have a polished presentation. What happens, happens and it is gone in 24 hours, unless you save the video to post on the blog.<br />
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Speaking of improv, that is my subject today. How many of your students love Heart and Soul? Why? It is a piece with a pattern, they can play it as a duet, and it has room to improvise new parts. Let's steal the baseline of Heart and Soul and compose a new piece on different difficulty levels so that most students can try this at home.<br />
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I call this C Pop Pock. It begins with a simple LH pattern. Bass C, A, F, G, this is the part that is stollen from Heart and Soul. The right hand has some rounds (repeated chords) of a C Chord and a dropped third to a second. (CDG, CDG)<br />
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Setting up some boundaries helps my students be successful. The LH has a boundary of the pattern C,A,F,G, but with that boundary moving notes can be added. The RH has chords with a dropped second and those chords can be inverted, and moving notes can be improvised. I have tried this with a six year old, simplifying the right hand to thirds, C and E, as well as with an adult who had many add-ons. The video explains some add on improvisations.<br />
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I am on Periscope on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.<br />
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Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianoprof88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></div>
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<br />BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-32950614439954242892016-03-02T08:03:00.001-08:002016-03-02T08:12:42.442-08:00Have You Ever Used A Fake Book?<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> Periscope #9 </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A fake book is a collection of lead sheets intended to assist a performer learn new songs. Each piece contains the melody and chords above, so that the arrangement can be improvised and you can "fake" playing the real thing. Fake books came about when musicians needed access to piles of music and these lead sheets were photocopied and past around among musicians. Copyrights were ignored and often poorly crafted chords were added above the melody. </span><br />
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Also check out Elizabeth Gutierrez on Periscope. She does teachings tips in 10 minutes on Tuesday mornings at 8:00am CST and I really enjoy her insights. Her handle is @pianopro88 and she has a <a href="http://pianoteachercamp.com/">great blog. </a></div>
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BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-91970921976344526202016-02-24T09:59:00.001-08:002016-02-24T09:59:09.532-08:00Teaching From Lead Sheets<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> Periscope #9 </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Have you ever used just a lead sheet to learn music? As a musician I am called upon all the time to do just that. For example, yesterday I was playing the piano as a volunteer for a group called MusicMendsMinds. We do music with those suffering from Alzheimers, early dementia, and some residents from our local Care Center. When we arrive, the musicians scramble to come up with an agenda. The guitarists only use lead sheets so they hand me the music and expect I will be able to improvise. In periscope #9 I reviewed some steps to teach from a lead sheet.</span><br />
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<li>Harmonize the melody by dropping some notes from the chord under the melody</li>
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<a href="http://pianoadventures.com/"> Faber Piano Adventures</a> uses a lead sheet in every level of their 2nd edition lesson books.<br /><ol>
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Next week on Periscope I want to share a few more learnings from the Webinar "How To teach Your Students Pop Music" by 88 Keys. I am there on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.</div>
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<li>Make pop music accessible to any student by teaching by rote or by finding simplified arrangements.</li>
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Another interesting app is called<a href="https://www.chromatik.com/"> Chromatik. </a>It has many, many pop tunes to open. The fun thing is that it also has the capacity to open the You Tube video along side.That allows feedback on the rhythm issues in the piece. </div>
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Next week on Periscope I want to share a few things am learning about Music Clock and how I use improvising in my piano studio. I am there on Tuesdays at 10:30 PST and my screen name is GabriB. I hope you will visit me.<br />
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<br />BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-65417414010035975732016-01-27T05:03:00.000-08:002016-01-27T05:03:59.762-08:00The Last Days Before A Recital<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These are some things I covered in the Periscope video on January 26, 2016</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The week before recital time can be tough for the unprepared and even for those who have prepared well. There are countless distractions to throw off our focus. Often the rehearsal before is miserable and then the performance goes off without a hitch.</span></div>
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I don't have an easy answer to making performing simple. I do, however, know that the more we perform the easier it gets. I take each student into a rehearsal in the venue where we will perform and give them time to get familiar. I like knowing how the piano will work and how the sound blooms. This year we will have another audience participation piece performed by a student. This brings a relaxed atmosphere into the room, helping everyone feel involved. Below is a video by Wendy Stevens who wrote this piece.</div>
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Should a teacher perform at her own recital? I think so. I feel the example of being a constant learner is important. When I anguish over my piece it also helps me be empathetic to the concerns my students have. This year I'm playing Star Dust by Elena Cobb. Below is a video of a beautiful performer who captures the piece expertly. To be honest, I played it on Periscope but the distraction of the video ruined my concentration and I erased the whole video. </div>
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Next week on Periscope I want to share a few things I learned at a online 88 Keys Winter Webshop this weekend. The subject was How To Teach Your Students Pop Music.<br />
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Yes, I have a recital in January, not in December, when everyone is pulled in so many directions but in January, the end of January. That gives us a whole month to prepare. </div>
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As I have done in the past, I like to have at least one audience participation piece. This year I am drawing from Wendy Stevens, Composecreate.com, and using Yee Haw, a lively beginning piece. The two students preparing this piece thought it looked easy but the rests are tricky. They both struggled at first but when I saw them the next week they had it together. I have not decided if I will have the audience clap or if I will hand out wooden sticks to some of the audience. . </div>
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I play myself at every recital. After more than a hundred recitals what do I play this year? Well, I happened upon the Dec./Jan. edition of the magazine "The Pianist". The 30 pages of free music is always attractive to me. Stardust by Elena Cobb is just right for my performance. Late intermediate difficulty so it allows me some leeway in preparation time and insuring I will have a polished piece. I played the first page on the Periscope video and promised to play the whole thing next Tuesday morning at 10:30 PST. Come join me!</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Celebrated Piano Duets by Robert Vandall</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Dusts For Middle Beginners from Opus 149 by Anton Diabelli- Mary Beth Lewis Piano Library</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Duet Favorites by Jane Smisor Bastien- The Bastien Piano Library</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I have been missing from blogging land for two years. In those years I continued to teach piano but I suppose I lost my desire to share on this blog. I'm back primarily because of the generous hearts of so many other teachers who continue to give encouragement online. </span><br />
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My student Danny hit a wall on the Shepard's Song. He just didn't like it and consequently he refused to practice. Weeks went by with my encouraging him to try it one more week. Finally, I felt inspired to challenge him to try an experiment. I promised him, out on a limb there, that if he would play this piece 50 times that he would learn to love it. The next week he had 4 tally marks on his page. We played it through three times during the lesson and added those tally masks to the total. Then, the following week he had a surprise for me.</div>
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This month's group lessons consisted of rehearsing and videoing the duets, (October was duet month) and making homemade scale foldables. I had two to four students at a time, for one hour. </div>
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Buying scale books is possible but allowing each child to use the patterns to make their own scale book is child centered-learning. I used colored folders, inexpensively purchased at Amazon, as the shell and the inside varied depending on age. Keyboards can be copied for free from <a href="http://susanparadis.com/catalog.php?site=piano-teacher-resources&type=Teaching%20Aids&section=6&level=x&subtype=x&subtype2=x">Susan Paradis. </a>(Thank-you, Susan) Scroll down the teaching resources page to Keyboard labels. My students glued the labels on, making dots on the keyboard to illustrate a 5-finger or octave scale, and then with post-it notes made covers for each scale. We will use them at their lessons.<br />
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A even more inexpensive version is to fold two pieces of paper hot dog style, vertical, and then staple them into the folder. After the scales are written in we cut the top fold just under each scale and make a cover. The best part of this process, for me, was listening to them discuss half-steps and whole-steps. It was keyboard analysis from which each student benefitted.<br />
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I found a fun site that will generate a "most often used" word bubble from your blog. The idea it drives home in my mind is that my posts have been dedicated to sharing ideas for learning piano music.<br />
I love the word "beat" right in the middle. I do many things to enhance a steady beat. Make your own <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">word bubble here. </a><br />
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Do you remember at the last recital I professed to be a magician by having students pick letters out of a hat and then composing a song starting with those letters, on the the spot? It really was music magic and I want to encourage more progress in musical endeavors that teach those magic skills.<br />
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As a studio, we are working on many aspects of music at the same time. I have devised some short term and long term goals for your children. As they reach a goal they can put their picture on our goals board.<br />
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As always there is a nudge to extend practice time, but new goals will be rewarded. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmjkt3f4nszlzvv/Steps%20to%20Music%20Magic%202.pdf">Here is a sample of our goals. </a><br />
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October is duet month and we will all try a duet with a partner. Hopefully we can find some partners who can attend each other's lessons at least once towards the end of October. I will video their duet and make a little movie for all to watch at the next recital.<br />
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<br />BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-31439836488827876842013-09-20T10:51:00.000-07:002013-09-20T10:52:23.851-07:00Getting In Sync With The Steady Beat The internet is a buzz with the You Tube Video from Japan showing the science of the transfer of sound and thermal conductivity using metronomes.<br />
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One of my most common challenges in teaching piano is helping students feel the beat and become synchronized with it. I wonder if 32 students playing the piano on a moving stage, playing the same song, will eventually yield to one ready beat.<br />
Hmm… probably not. There will always be a rebel in the group.BusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.com0