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Teaching half steps and whole steps to piano students is so easy and one of the fun beginning piano aspects. However, there are a two different “levels” to teaching half steps and whole steps to piano students: on piano keys and on staff. This blog post will guide you through teaching those half and whole steps easily!

I have already written several blog posts on rhythm games, so today I decided to focus on how to help students learn rhythm in music. There is little debate that music students struggle with rhythm and counting. I was one of them. So let’s dig into how to help students learn rhythm in music.

A few weeks ago, my sister asked me, “How do you work with careless piano students?” Careless piano students are definitely part of the process, and while some of the attention to detail hinges on maturity, we can help careless piano students at any point.

Teaching chords to music students is easy if you start with building chords based on the music alphabet! Here are 5 easy-to-use ideas, plus, we have printable & digital chord game ideas that will help students master their chords quickly!

Juggling a piano teaching schedule while maintaining a positive studio environment can feel like too many balls in the air. We look at our calendars each morning and take a deep breath for the ink-filled schedule of lessons without any white space to breathe. Here are some tips to help you find some white space in your piano teaching schedule to help maintain a positive studio environment.

While you can drill dynamics with your students, interactive activities will help you teach dynamics in music in a way that will keep your students excited–and often giggling.

It is super easy to get excited about new music games, print & laminate away, then never use them because we don’t have a good system to organize music games. I’m sure you’ve been there before. You have a student frustrated with a music theory concept, and you...

Rhythm was my weak point as a student, so as a teacher I am always looking for quick and easy music rhythm games to help my students get a better understanding of timing. All you need for our 3 easy music rhythm game ideas today is a set of rhythm flashcards.

a guest post by Christina Hearn Raise your hand if you DIDN’T receive much, if any, instruction on music improvisation techniques as a student. Mine is up! Our teachers’ focus was on teaching us to read and interpret music, and while there is nothing wrong with that,...

a guest post by Elizabeth Swift Teachers, before I give you ideas to teach music improvisation in your studio, I'd like to share a personal experience.  My piano journey began at the age of 7, where I mostly relied on sight-reading during lessons and even spent...