Today’s post is about my favorite scale pattern. In this post, I’ll share the story behind this scale pattern and how I use it in my studio, plus I’m sharing my reference videos and an easy reference PDF so that you can use this...
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The following post is brought to you by old sheet music and sheer music nerdiness. As I was purchasing some scores on musicnotes.com yesterday, I noticed that they had a 14% off code for all digital music. (MNLOVE18). Get it?...
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This probably isn’t news to teachers who see me in the forums or on FB live videos… but in case you haven’t heard: I’m kind of addicted to a game called NoteSpeed. My students and I use it all the time in the studio...
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The Christmas lights are down, snowmen are put away, and this morning I brought up my Valentine’s Day wreath to decorate the front door! Studio decorations will come out next week. ‘Tis the season of love! And since I love my...
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If you had a write a job posting for your own position as a music teacher, what would it look like? Would it be full of undesirable responsibilities? Or would it sound like an ideal position? I hope the following entertains and...
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This morning Facebook reminded me that four years ago, on January 15th in 2014, I shared my second blog post. It was a blurb about what I was doing in the studio: Winter Studio Games. I had my snowmen card ready for lessons that week...
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Welcome to Day 7 of the 12 Days of Inspiration! So far you’ve learned about ways to reduce stress, focus your goals, and even what should happen at a first piano lesson. Today we’re going to talk taxes. (Yippee!) I know that...
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Heads up, fellow piano and voice teachers: there’s a pretty decent deal on Amazon this week with Yamaha keyboards. You can save up to $200 on select models, including one of my “student starter favorites,” the P115. If you...
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Are you braving the stores this weekend? Not this girl! I’m more of an online shopper myself. Besides, it’s COLD and crowded out there! This piano teacher is ready to enjoy her vacation at home. Time to put up the tree, decorate...
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It’s that time of year… Christmas recitals are peeping around the corner! A few teachers asked me if I would put together a little Christmas Recital Playlist similar to the one I made last year for my spring recital. And here it...
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Resource Roundup features blog posts, podcasts, resources, and other cool stuff that I find while surfing the big wide web. Whenever I see something I think my readers might enjoy, I bookmark it for a future Resource Roundup. Do you have...
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When I’m not teaching lessons or helping teachers run their businesses, you might find me working on resources for Musical U, a community that helps musicians to find (and train) their inner musicality. My role at Musical U...
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