Piano Lessons

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Lesson 1: Home Row, Left Hand Welcome to Lesson 1! First, a little orientation: at the top of every lesson you’ll see a diagram of the keyboard that highlights in yellow the keys you will be working on. In subsequent lessons the keys you have already learned will be coloured green. It is vital that [...]

Teaching Group Piano Lessons: Tips and Techniques As with anything, teaching group piano lessons has its advantages and its disadvantages. With group lessons, you can teach more students at one time. This is a definite advantage. Here are some of the things I have learned about teaching group piano lessons for you to consider. Things [...]

Music Terms / Definitions: Staff: A staff of music is made up of five horizontal lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents a key on the piano. Notes and rests are then placed on the staff. Clef: A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a staff of music which makes it [...]

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Here’s great educational tool for children’s piano teaching. Included is a 78 page illustrated book, Play Along Audio CD and numbered and lettered removable stickers. You should never underestimate the importance of the element of fun in introducing children to the piano. Use GAMES FOR THE PIANO to brighten up the mood of your piano [...]

Learning to play the piano can be exceptionally beneficial to young children. Many parents look to sports to develop their childs motor and concentration skills, but sport is not for all children. Learning to play the piano provides many of the same benefits as sports and more. The piano is both educational and your child [...]

Music Terms / Definitions for this page: Rest: A rest is a symbol that corresponds to a note value. When reading a rest in sheet music no note is played for the duration of the rest. Beat: A beat is the name for a unit of music. Musicians learn to count beats, and play notes [...]

Notes & Clefs: The table below displays the different types of notes and clefs. All definitions are located at the end of the page. Treble Clef: When reading sheet music, you will notice that there is a treble clef at the top left hand corner of your music book. The notes along side the treble [...]