by Whitney | Aug 21, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic, Uncategorized
Welcome back for our Tuesday Teaching Tactic – today we’re sharing a tip called the FREEZE Game. It’s so simple, no printing or cutting required. Next time your student is playing and tensing up, just say “Freeze!” (You may want to warn... 
by Spring | Aug 14, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Each Tuesday we bring you a quick teaching idea that you can implement in your lessons right away! Here’s our sixth tip in this series: Most teachers get in the habit of sitting in the same general area of their studio for lessons each week. I sit on the bass... 
by Spring | Aug 7, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
It’s time for our fifth Teaching Tactic! Teaching our students to recognize the feel of intervals is key to developing fluid readers. Our idea today is to take an “interval trip” with our students, by dictating intervals for them to find. I... 
by Spring | Jul 31, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Each Tuesday we bring you a quick Teaching Tactic that you can try in your teaching right away! Today’s idea is to cover your student’s hands while they are sight-reading. There are times when pianists definitely need to look at our hands. But sometimes... 
by Spring | Jul 24, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
It’s time for our third Teaching Tactic. Each week we’re bringing you a quick idea of something you can try in your lessons right away. Today’s idea is to have your student play the piano along to a drumbeat rhythmic accompaniment. We talked about... 
by Spring | Jul 10, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
It’s time for another Teaching Tactic! Teaching Tactic #2 – Have the student point at the notes as you demonstrate the piece Many teachers like to play the piece for the student as an introduction to the piece. This can be a great approach to help the...