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Busy B's Piano Studio: Hands Together, Hands Apart
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Saturday, March 10, 2012. Hands Together, Hands Apart. Tara Gaertner, at "Teaching the Musical Brain",. Posted a most thought provoking question. Why do we practice hands apart? This is certainly standard procedure in my studio. Although, when we do sight reading exercises I expect the hands to play together very slowly. I did not understand why I knew this to be the best method until I read Tara's blog post. Labels: Our Musical Brain. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Why Should...
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Busy B's Piano Studio: May 2013
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Friday, May 24, 2013. Maria was playing a difficult piece with all the right notes but she seemed unaware of the rhythm pulse. On which part of the beat did the notes enter? Her brow furrowed and her body tensed. I asked her to isolate two measures and write in the beats. A moment of fear passed her eyes. What exactly did I mean? We started at the beginning. How many counts did the half note get? The ear and the senses are remarkable tools in playing the piano but they are sometimes.
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Busy B's Piano Studio: Busy B Word Bubble and Duet Month
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Busy B Word Bubble and Duet Month. 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. I love the word "beat" right in the middle. I do many things to enhance a steady beat. Make your own word bubble here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). All life is trying to be art, and all art is trying to be music.
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Busy B's Piano Studio: October 2013
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Busy B Word Bubble and Duet Month. 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. I love the word "beat" right in the middle. I do many things to enhance a steady beat. Make your own word bubble here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). All life is trying to be art, and all art is trying to be music.
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Busy B's Piano Studio: November 2013
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Friday, November 8, 2013. 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. 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 li...Class...
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Busy B's Piano Studio: April 2013
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Thursday, April 4, 2013. I ran across this wonderful video about music. Labels: Value Of Music. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). All life is trying to be art, and all art is trying to be music. I teach young and young at heart. Dealing With Resistance To Learning New Music. Resistance has no strength of its own. Every ounce of juice it possesses comes from us. We feed it with power by our fear of it. I-Pad Applications for Piano Students. My First Piano Adventures. Games For Note Reading.
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Busy B's Piano Studio: Practice
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Friday, January 3, 2014. He was so excited to play. He reached his goal and my promise was true. He loved it. I don't always push through with every song, but I felt the newly arranged version of this piece in "Piano Adventures Level One" was worth the work. The more you practice the better you play. The better you play the more you enjoy making music. The more you enjoy making music the more you practice. The more you practice the better you play……. January 21, 2014 at 11:49 AM.
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Busy B's Piano Studio: Lead Sheets
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Fabers have included lead sheets in their new edition lesson books. I have scoured the internet for free music to add to my collection. I start with just one note in the left hand, the root note. Then I add fifths, the first and the fifth note of the chord, and finally the whole chord. Here is an example. Reasons to work with lead sheets-. It opens the door to understanding chord theory. Traditional songs come back into use, like Happy Birthday. 2016 GI...
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Busy B's Piano Studio: September 2013
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Thursday, September 26, 2013. 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. As always there is a nudge to extend practice time, but new goals will be rewarded. Here is a sample of our goals. Friday, September 20, 2013. Hmm… prob...
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Busy B's Piano Studio: The Happy Birthday Project
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Busy B's Piano Studio. Thursday, March 14, 2013. The Happy Birthday Project. I am halfway through my student list and it is such fun watching the results. Labels: Learning to Accompany. March 17, 2013 at 1:28 PM. That is a GREAT project! Hmmmmight need to borrow that idea for my kiddos. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). All life is trying to be art, and all art is trying to be music. I teach young and young at heart. Dealing With Resistance To Learning New Music. The Happy Birthday Project.