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- Budding Beethovens Group lessons for children using the Orff method. “Children sing in groups with songs, rhymes and percussion instruments like shakers, chimes and spoons to create their own music”- Budding Beethovens website
- Creafive
- Free Music School Directory
- Georgine's Piano Lessons Offers lessons via skype
- http://www.billfulton.com Music composer arranger orchestrator keyboardist copyist musician pianist. Complete information for Bill Fulton Band. Music demos and videos. Charts, arrangements and scores in PDF for big band, tentet, octet, combo, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.
- Musi Features a professional, well-designed, and downloadable piano music scale book of major, minor, blues scales and more.
- My music profile See my teacher’s profile on the Piano Teachers Federation website.
- Pacey's Pianos
- Piano Taotao Pretty much the same as this blog, but now it’s branded and not limited to Vancouver
Tag Archives: Education
Circle of 5ths and beyond
I call this the “Circle of Crazy.” It’s music theory drawn up into a nice organized visual. Clockwise on the outer corners it is the circle of 5ths. Going from the outside inwards it descends by semitones. Then there are … Continue reading
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Our Education System Needs Reform
I remember when I used to be fascinated by the mysteries of science. As a child I would stay up until the early hours of the morning with my philosophical father, and ask him that if light wasn’t matter, how … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, education reform, Music education, music teachers vancouver, Vancouver B.C.
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The journey of being a teacher
Teaching. Why do we do it? It’s not like it’s the easiest job in the world. It’s certainly one of the most emotionally draining careers with only pockets of reward. To invest so much energy into helping someone in the … Continue reading
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Tagged crisis, Education, growing up, journey of teaching, Music, Music lesson, Piano, relationships, spiritual journey, Student, Teacher
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Adventures in Piano Lessons – A student gets a taste of the professional world
“Gah!” said Mandy*. “What’s the matter?” I asked. “I just don’t know what they want? One girl wants me to transpose the entire song down, the other girl wants me to transpose it up. There’s so much to learn and … Continue reading
Student “faints” during piano lessons
This week in piano lessons: Brad: “Can I faint?” Me: “What? (rolls eyes) Oh, go ahead.” Brad falls to the floor. “OK, and what did that accomplish?” Brad: “I’m going to faint again.” Brodie stands back up and falls to … Continue reading
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Music Lesson Method Books – should you switch methods?
From my experience teaching piano lessons in Vancouver, Canada, I have learned that the right method book for a piano student can play a big role in the speed at which she learns. Not all methods are the same, just … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Child, Education, Hal Leonard, how to practice piano, Music, Music education, music lessons vancouver, Piano, piano lessons vancouver, Teacher
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Teaching piano by ear, and throwing out the rule book
As a teacher, I’m constantly wracking my brains searching for new ideas on how to inspire my students to practice. And just because I’ve been teaching for the last 5 years, I’m always learning and running into new challenges … Continue reading
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Benefits of Learning Music in an Ensemble (aka a band)
Ever wonder what the benefits would be if your child played in a music ensemble? Aside from team experience, the benefits could be more than you might expect. Here are the top ten reasons why you should get your child … Continue reading
The unseen benefits of music education
“Musicians are more successful than non-musicians in learning to incorporate sound patterns for a new language into words. Children who are musically trained show stronger neural activation to pitch changes in speech and have a better vocabulary and reading ability … Continue reading
