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California Prop 28 Explained: How Schools Can F...

California's Proposition 28 sends roughly $1 billion a year to schools for arts and music education. Here's how it works, what the money can buy, and how to use it...

California Prop 28 Explained: How Schools Can F...

California's Proposition 28 sends roughly $1 billion a year to schools for arts and music education. Here's how it works, what the money can buy, and how to use it...

A teal grandpa G bell with a gray moustache and a red C bell, each with a mug of tea, beside a wooden upright piano

Establishing Rapport With Adult Music Students

When music instructors welcome new students into the studio, most of those students are children. However, many adults have a desire to learn about music too. At first glance, it...

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Establishing Rapport With Adult Music Students

When music instructors welcome new students into the studio, most of those students are children. However, many adults have a desire to learn about music too. At first glance, it...

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Cards reading Ionian, Lydian and Aeolian above a joyful red C bell, a dreamy green F bell and a moody purple A bell in front of a keyboard

Teaching Different Piano Modes

The piano is an incredibly versatile instrument that is just as prominent in classical compositions as it is in jazz standards. In fact, you'll hear the piano in country, rock,...

Teaching Different Piano Modes

The piano is an incredibly versatile instrument that is just as prominent in classical compositions as it is in jazz standards. In fact, you'll hear the piano in country, rock,...

A red C bell on the first place podium, a teal G bell on second and a green F bell on third, in front of a long piano keyboard

What Order Should I Teach Piano Scales?

As a piano instructor, you have probably noticed that there is a sensible order in which topics are introduced to students. After all, it makes no sense to start talking...

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What Order Should I Teach Piano Scales?

As a piano instructor, you have probably noticed that there is a sensible order in which topics are introduced to students. After all, it makes no sense to start talking...

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Giant sharp, flat and natural signs on wooden stands, with a curious red C bell and an orange D-flat bell between them

What Is an Accidental in Music?

Have you ever marveled at the way an ensemble of musicians is able to play in perfect harmony? Practice plays a role in this, but so does the written music...

What Is an Accidental in Music?

Have you ever marveled at the way an ensemble of musicians is able to play in perfect harmony? Practice plays a role in this, but so does the written music...

A whiteboard staff with a crossed-out wrong note and a corrected E, beside a worried yellow E bell and a smiling red C bell with an eraser

Music Teaching Mistakes

Are you a piano teacher? If you've been teaching for decades, chances are very good that you are not the same instructor that you were in the beginning. What brought...

Music Teaching Mistakes

Are you a piano teacher? If you've been teaching for decades, chances are very good that you are not the same instructor that you were in the beginning. What brought...