by PianoTels | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog, Teach Piano
Needing some fresh and new ideas for your piano lessons? Hats off to you for that — because you must be a great teacher if you are looking for more creative and fun ideas. Here’s a list to get some ideas flowing. 1. Music Games and Activities Try out a...
by PianoTels | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog, Learn Piano, Teach Piano
Learning the piano keys on the keyboard? Here is an easy way to learn your piano keys! Piano Key Names.pdf (655 downloads ) To appreciate what this visual means, you will want to hear the story that goes with it! What’s the story that goes with the piano...
by PianoTels | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog, Learn Piano, Teach Piano
When you sit down at the piano, you may want to begin your practice with some warm-ups. The following exercises are designed to help you build finger dexterity, finger strength, wrist flexibility, technicality, training the brain, and increasing knowledge of piano. ...
by PianoTels | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog
When most people think of a piano, they think ivory keys. The idea of “stroking the ivory keys” has been a romantic notion for many years! But are piano keys actually made of ivory? A thin layer on top and in front of a piano key used to be made out of...
by PianoTels | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog, Learn Piano, Teach Piano
You may have run across a symbol that looks like a squiggly, or zigzag line in your music and you just aren’t sure what it means. Well, there are several squiggly/zigzag lines that can be found in music. So it depends on what you have found! A squiggly or...
by PianoTels | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
Being a piano teacher myself, and having been in the circle of piano teachers for many years, I have a few ideas about what piano teachers love! If you are looking for thoughtful, meaningful gifts for a recital, for Christmas, for a birthday, for a special occasion,...