Q+A Ep 28 Making Mozart Fun!
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Cynthia said, "Love Love Love the body movement to learn the rhythm... what fun with the backing track, where can I get it?" We agree Cynthia.
When you engage a child in an enriched learning environment incorporating all the senses, they just learn faster. You'll definitely want to watch this episode and below you can also download a Piano Teaching Success Guide to go along with the Mozart piece we chose for this practical hands-on episode with free piano resources.
Follow the process along to explore an alternative strategy to Read then Play piano lesson structure.
EPISODE 28: Making Mozart Fun
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Access the Interactive Piano Teaching Success Guide here.
Q+A Ep 27 How to Make Practice Fun
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EPISODE 27: The Back-to-School Special
00:00 Welcome to the back-to-school special.
01:18 Paul and Gillian discuss the 3 main challenges for practice and introduce some piano method to solve these issues.
04:35 Using backing tracks to help to solve practice problems, including how they can help beginners, online piano teachers and build intrinsic motivation.
10:50 How to beat the boredom of practice through game-based learning and off the bench movement activities to learn piano sight reading
15:47 How Practise Buddy by Piano Teaching Success came to life, through frustrations that Paul and Gillian have experienced in their teaching and to improve sight reading piano.
17:20 How to teach Broken Chords
22:35 How to teach chords and progressing into lead sheets
27:04 Lead sheet starter pack, which you can buy here from Blackrock Music Shop. Q+A Episode 14.
32:09 Lucinda Mackworth-Young shares her great strategies on how to teach students...
Q+A Ep 13 Motivating Students & Playing by Ear
Show Notes
Want to see the broken chord teaching segment again?
Overview: Episode 13
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):
00:00 Welcome to our guests
03:00 A look at each of the panel members' set up
11:15 Nicola Standford from Sydney asked this question last week and we're asking again this week, "When you return to face to face piano teaching what will you do differently during lessons compared to pre-Covid 19 times?"
19:20 Sharon shares more of her 60 second challenge. Check out the video here. Get the free downloads here. You can access the Curious Piano Teachers 1 month special here and becoming a piano teacher. Book that Sharon mentions is The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier and Cadenza APP.
20:15 Lucinda shares what she recommends to her students who will continue with online piano lessons in the future especially to be able to teaching...
Q+A Ep 26 Improve Your Online Teaching
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EPISODE 26: The New Year Special
00:00 Happy New Year from Gillian and Piano Teaching Success! Make sure you sign up to The Studio waitlist to be the first to hear about our opening in March.
01:55 Tim Topham shares his practical tips for online teaching, including what technology teachers should invest in, microphones, and camera angle options. Tim mentions specific brands and models which can be very helpful to improve your Zoom lessons. Check out Q+A TV Episode 1
06:55 Experienced online teacher, Brenda Hunting, shares her studio set up as she has been teaching online since 2014. She discusses ManyCam, a great software for lessons. Watch more in Q+A TV Episode 2
12:55 Angela Turner shares her studio setup, discusses different microphones and also suggests ManyCam software. She also suggests tips to engage younger students in online lessons. View Q+A TV Episode 6.
19:10 Brenda Hunting suggests some tips on how to improve online sound quality, and...
Q+A Ep 25 Creating Entertaining Lessons
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Overview: Episode 25
Here's the specific timings in this week's show:
00:00 Happy Festive Season from Gillian and Paul and a little musical tribute.
03:45 Josie Thomas on student challenges using Planet, Dragon and Pirate charts. From Q+A TV Episode 19
11:25 Dorla Aparicio expands on cross-curriculum with Piano Camps which are called Flip the Lid. Under the Sea and STEM - combining Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with piano - you won’t want to miss seeing how much fun Dorla’s student are having. Check out Q+A TV Episode 20
16:32 Taking pool noodles to the next level. Aussie's know all about these and they're just as much fun the world over. Katie Poli shares her secret beginner piano resources that will be so much fun in your studio. Q+A TV Episode 20
19:15 Brian Chung shares his wonderful ideas on getting more people playing the piano and become a music tutor. If it's going to be, it's up to me or us to make that...
Q+A Ep 24 Teaching Students to Read with Confidence
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Overview: Episode 24
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into ideas this week. (timings of the broadcast):
0:00 Welcome to Rebecca Wilson - Rebecca shares her teaching environment in beautiful Hamilton New Zealand.
11:45 Watch how Rebecca works with 6-year-old student Chloe to check to see what she knows already and establish her first lesson piano. Storytelling is a key component. Rebecca says “Stories are like Trojan horse” and explains what you mean by that.
18:00 A Parent shares her experience of her son's lessons in lessons using Whole Body Learning. She shares why she feels he was so engaged and motivated for years in lessons (just completed Grade 6 piano). An interesting discussion about kids who do a full day of school then turn up to a piano lesson after school. Extra information about The Studio now starting 20 March 2021.
Find out more about The Studio and...
Q+A Ep 23 Tenacity, Lockdowns, Duets & Wonderful Composers
Download the free sheet music & lyrics
From Pam Wedgewood, Alison Mathews and Paul Myatt
Show Notes
Overview: Episode 23
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week . (timings of the broadcast):
0:00 Welcome to our panelists, Pam Wedgewood, Alison Mathews & Ruth Alberici
14:00 Pam talks about tenacity
19:00 Pam's favorite piece & how Paul teaches "Garage Sale" from AMEB Piano for Leisure Grade 1
24:00 Ruth discusses alternate ways to help students understand how to play new material when teaching online
27:00 Alison gives her tips when piano teaching online; annotations, using music stand, organisation, teaching rhythm to beginners
29:00 Michelle asks about alternate ways to helping students understand how to play new piano material when online.
31:00 Paul’s shares some Whole Body Learning teaching strategies that help make teaching online more successful. He shares some ...
Q+A Ep 22 Master Class on Teaching Creativity
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Overview: Episode 22
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):
0:00 Welcome to Phillip Keveren - Phillip shares his studio setup
6:30 How does Phillip incorporate improvisation into a traditional Piano Lesson with beat and rythm activities?
8:00 Using Burgmüller Arabesque as a starting point to improvisation - Get Phillip's handout and access to the Practice Buddy backing track here.
18:00 Ways to use backing tracks in your studio and how it can help change your life and the way you teach . Teaching using piano practice checklist, Backing Tracks and Whole Body Learning. Extra information about The Studio
Find out more about The Studio and join the waitlist for the launch in January 2021
22:00 The Clown by Kabalevsky & The Beatles Lady Madonna and how they're related.
23:00 20% Off for Phillip Keveren this weekend
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Q+A Ep 12 How to Teach in a Fun and Interesting Way
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Show Notes
We will be sharing the Poll Question responses over the next couple of weeks. Feel free to add your thoughts to the mix.
Overview: Episode 12
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):
00:00 Welcome to our guests
02:10 A look at each of the panel members' set up
13:15 Q: When are you returning to face to face teaching piano and what will you do differently during beginner piano lesson ideas compared to pre-Covid19 times?
17:30 One viewer's greatest challenge is “teaching in a fun and interesting way”. Watch the hysterically funny videos of Miss Dontbee and Miss Doobee teaching piano with ways to make learning fun and interesting for students. Dennis,...
Q+A Ep 20 Group Teaching & Holiday/Vacation Camps
Show Notes
This week's episode has musical bananas - so much fun to had by students and their teacher! This is just one of the ways you can engage children in making music fun. It's even fun for teachers!
Dorla and Katie provide some great ideas to add to your studio so you can increase your earning potential through teaching groups even if you only teach individual lessons.
Even during COVID times, most of the ideas can be used in face to face and online lessons. Watch now!
Overview: Episode 20
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):
00:00 Welcome to our guests - Dorla Aparicio and Katie Poli.
01:00 Dorla Shows her studio space
02:00 Dorla goes into detail about group teaching and piano teaching training - that it's more motivating for students to make music with their friends each week and it allows her to teach fewer hours in the...
