Yay! APTA! I try to attend the APTA conference every September.

That's so special you've been able to attend so many conferences!

just found your channel... keep at it, its great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this the same Carrie Leonard who wrote the fantastic Body and Voice ?

this is a very interesting channel. I haven't seen any channels apart from maybe tone based Piano that do stuff like this. this is very unique.

Thanks Nicola, these are great ideas! I'm a piano teacher of 15yr, here's how I structure my lessons: (currently in MyMusicStaff but Vivid is a great option for this format!!) I use the 'lesson notes' feature of MyMusicStaff to send assignments. (Vivid Practice or a shared Google Doc or email thread would work fine also.) The lesson notes have bold headers, such as Technique & Rote, Reading, Sightreading, Theory, Listening. (Below the main assignment I usually include a 'Done' list where I copy over their recently completed pieces, and maybe 'Up Next' or 'Future' for requests that are just out of reach.) Under each header is their assignment in each category, with any tutorial videos, listening material, or backing tracks either hyperlinked or attached. Each week the assignment automatically copies over, so I see what they were meant to work on. We make our way through the list: passing off assignments, adding focus notes (indented and italicized), or adding new pieces as needed. I like to mix up the order to keep things fresh, and start with either technique or time sensitive assignments (holiday or performance pieces) but if we don't get to something important (maybe an unexpectedly in-depth theory question that arises in the last 5 minutes) I'll mark it with 'start here first next time' or similar. Then I tick the box for MyMusicStaff to email them a copy (again you can do the equivalent in your chosen system) and we're done!

Thanks a lot ❤

Do you have a particular pattern you use for your lessons, like 1. Warm up Exercises, 2. Songs from the book 3. Composition etc? And what software do you use for lesson assignments?

but they would have the same speed and rhythm if you use the same notes, the bars would just shift in different positions, they then would sound the same except for the stresses. i say this because as a beginner, i am still confused after watching the video since that means you can achieve the same thing with just using a single time signature, if you dont care about the stresses

What’s the difference between 2:4 and 4:4???

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Great idea with the dice, and cool you dd lowercase for minor! But in context of the survey you forgot about the die for pupils -- "this week was busy", "it was too hot", "it is Wednesday already?"... 😀

I have been trying to learn piano for a long time and it seems progress is soooooooo slow , but i keep, keeping on. Thanks for the video.

Could you possibly post a link for where to get the dice? They are SO cool!

Do you even know how to play the piano? I watch dozens of piano channels, every teacher always at the piano dazzling viewers with their pro level skills as they teach or give advice. You, are rarely sitting at the piano and when you are you play like a beginner on her first day of lessons. That's my observation as a pro-level player.

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Ah, love the introduction to this! You are brilliant, piano friend!

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hii its grate help for teacher & students if MTB provides AUDIO book for pieces also🤗

But instead of saying I would not start that way, shouldn't a teacher be able to adapt to the type of student and what kind of teaching fits them. there is not just your way.

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I think piano teachers are fine for now....SimplyPiano and Flowkey are popular but only with people who are not serious about piano. I'm more worried about arts and creative things in general. Soon you won't be able to tell if a photo/video is real. In pop songs, AI can write the entire song and can 'sample' your voice and sing in your voice in a way that you can't. People will start releasing their 'own' music which they didn't write, play or sing and will become successful. Performing live isn't an issue anymore, that's all fake too. It just takes away motivation from the new generation, what's the point of learning graphic design, what's the point of learning composition or music theory if AI can do it in seconds and you can claim it yours. Sad world we live in.

ChatGPT has been a nice complement to my piano lessons. I have conversations with it to learn more about music theory and also how pianos work, and it’s been very helpful. Questions I’ve asked include, “Why is middle C on pianos the frequency that it is?”, “Is there something intrinsically satisfying about the notes used in Western Music or do they just sound good because that’s what I’m used to hearing?“, “Mechanically, how does a Sostenuto pedal work?” At the end of a conversation I ask it to provide me with sources from the web so I can learn more, and also so that I can verify it wasn’t lying to me about anything it said. 😄

YES! I've had fun with this topic and though it can be a really fun brainstorming tool, I had some good chuckles over the wild detours it took me on! Love the way you presented this!

I totally have that exact student that you're describing. His parents are insisting that he take piano. He used to like it, but now he'd rather spend all his free time with soccer. We've already had the "leveling" talk. And I've introduced some extra pieces (outside of the "normal" repertoire) for him to learn... BUT!, I think your idea of giving him a BUNCH of different things to listen to and choose from, as a new genre entirely, for him to learn from sounds really hopeful. Do you have lists of "method-type" books from different genres on your site? I could definitely use some help in that area.

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Yes! So true!

This is a amazing video! Thank you ❤

I feel like reason number 1 is the biggest problem. My biggest challenge is teens who are forced to take lessons by their parents but have no interest in piano. I teach a lot of Asian families where all three kids take piano lessons. One of them might really like it but the other two are forced to do it. I regularly talk to the parents and suggest stopping lessons or not doing exams because it's pointless but I feel that all they care about is the status quo, that is, they can tell their friends that their kid is taking Grade exam level X. The kids all tell me they don't want to have lessons but the problem is that in most of these cases, even if I give them something 'fun' like Disney or other tunes, they won't practise them. What is even worse, is that parents keep pushing the exams even though they never tell the kids to sit down and practise, they just assume that by paying for the lessons, the exams will magically happen without any work.

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I've been enjoying following along! Congratulations to all the wonderful teachers and students!

Mam, How many songs can we create and save in this app? Please reply because I want to buy it.

Thank you for sharing this. I've been teaching many years and this gives me a fresh perspective.

That’s so good! Thank you

So grateful to come upon your resources! Thanks so much !

Nonsense! U dont need a degree to teach! Dont mislead future teachers!

Excellent video and the colour of your glasses matched with the lipstick colour is incredible.

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Love it!

Adaptation ideas for online classes: Lay out 4-5 of them under overhead cam where students can see them all Play through each of them and have the students race to shout out which one you played … but use 1 less card than what’s there, so the last one isn’t an easy answer! This is brilliant as always, thanks Nicola!!

Thanks for sharing these excellent ideas, especially the concept of why and how to use social media. It was an oops moment for me because I was going to use social media to market myself as an online piano teacher.

That is what we do as well! It is difficult for the parents who have babies and toddlers to sit through longer recitals.

Fabuloso... Gracias por compartir estas ideas.

I like using Perfect Ear to work on aural skills with students. Other than that I don't use apps a lot in my teaching!

Hello, are most of these apps only for apple?

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Do you have tips for releasing that tension? I have transfer students this year whose hands look like your initial example!! They have many other gaps so we've been working on a few at a time, but I'd like to focus on technique sooner than later!