A Day in the Life of a Piano Teacher

Posted by MaryO on March 24, 2015

Four students.

The Model Student and the Bored Teenage Student:

The Can’t-Stop-Playing-Even-When-the-Teacher-Is-Talking Student and the Whiny Student:

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🎹 The Joy of Piano Duets
This is an older book but its always fun to play from. I just wish it was spiral bound! These are fun to play with students! A glorious mix of fabulous pieces for two! This book contains easy arrangements of favorite and familiar melodies for piano duet. 34 compositions in all including: Careless Love and […]
🎹 Famous & Fun Duets, Bk 5: 6 Duets for One Piano, Four Hands
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I also got a copy and am thinking of using it with students over the summer. For great piano players, note reading is second nature. The instantaneous ability to transfer notes on a page to sounds on a piano frees them up to focus on the little things that make music magical. It is, therefore, […]
📆 Online OCMS Music Calendar for August
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🎹 WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2A
The fact is, many kids quit piano when they reach level 2 method books because they are too old for “little kid” music and too young for “cool teen” music. So we said to ourselves, “That’s silly, let’s create a pop-infused level 2 method book that develops students into modern piano players with the technical […]
🎹 The Circle of Fifths for Piano: Learn and Apply Music Theory for Piano & Keyboard
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🎼Dry Erase Staff Music Lap White Boards
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🎧 Online Piano Lessons
All about online piano lessons through the O'Connor Music Studio. We’re able to get everything done that we do in a studio lesson – playing, theory, Piano Maestro, ear training, technique. The only thing that doesn’t work quite so well is piano duets but I just got an idea in a seminar today how to […]
⁉️ Piano Puzzlers
Brand-new edition of Bruce Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers as heard on American Public Media's "Performance Today." Includes 32 tunes with songs by Gershwin, Berlin, Arlen, Porter, Rodgers, Fats Waller, Lennon & McCartney, and others disguised in the styles of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Janacek, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartok, and […]
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I also got a copy and am thinking of using it with students over the summer. For great piano players, note reading is second nature. The instantaneous ability to transfer notes on a page to sounds on a piano frees them up to focus on the little things that make music magical. It is, therefore, […]
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📸 OKIOCAM S USB 2-in-1 Webcam and Document Camera for Distance Learning
I just got this so that I can show students my piano keyboard during Zoom lessons. 2-in-1: Webcam & Document Camera Take the quality of your remote teaching to the next level with OKIOCAM: the 2-in-1 webcam and document camera. Gain all the benefits of a conventional webcam and the flexibility and functionality of a […]
🎹 Piano Pedal Extenders Bench for Kids
Helps Young Players Reach The Piano Pedals! Adjustable height: 14.5 to 21 cm Compatible With Any Piano.No assembly required. It is strong and durable and will not collapse extender design,can give children proper weight balance. The new design of three pedals, also applies to the two-pedal piano.
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