piano teacher primer – Details, episodes & analysis

That’s right A to G and all the keys in-between!

What's harder sharps or flats?

What keys are the hardest for you the teacher to play in?

Which ones are hardest for your students?

Let's vote on Instagram or spotify poll!

We’ll dive into teaching sharps and flats initially, accidentals, and moving into key signature strategies for success!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

⁠dozen a day at ease in many keys⁠

Puck by Grieg Op. 71 No. 3

books by Robert Pace

Before you forget: click on this link if you might be interested in a 4-week Zoom Group for personalized help getting your studio started, or specific questions I can help you with hands-on! I'll send a zoom link for an info call on Thursday, September 5th. I am only taking 6 people, so keep that in mind.

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As we wrap up the last of the summer encore episodes, I HAD to include this one because rhythm is the essential life blood of all music, and is often not taught effectively.

I explore 3 ways of counting rhythm -all of which I use with different students and in different situations

1. traditional "one-and-two-and..."

2. "TA and titi"

3. fruit names!

Don't worry it's all explained, and I'd love to hear how you help YOUR students with rhythm! Find me on Instagram @angelatoone_

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I go into a lot more detail with how-tos, games, and visuals in the Piano Teacher Primer online course

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OR for more specific help, or if you are already currently teaching, I will be hosting another Piano Teacher Primer LIVE Zoom group starting September 12th! Spots are already being spoken for, so fill out this quick no-obligation form if you are at all interested. link

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Teaching piano has given me freedom in the following ways:

1. As a creative person

2. As a mom

3. As a saver

4. And as a professional

I explain how teaching piano has given me freedom of creative expression, freedom of flexibility, freedom to finally be able to pay for stuff, and expand my mind and friendships

...just to name a few...

Only 4 spots left for the piano teacher primer LIVE, 4 weeks to either jump start or upgrade your piano studio with specialized help from an expert!

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Starts Thursday May 2

also check out episode 39

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Curious about sharing your love for music?

Thought about teaching piano but unsure where to begin?

This podcast episode is the perfect starting point!

Come along as we unravel the secrets to successful piano teaching, from finding your teaching style to building a thriving student base.

Let's turn your passion for music into a rewarding career together!"

⁠how I teach free video demonstration⁠

How to Find Piano Students FREE Masterclass

Listen to these podcasts next:

3 to-dos before starting to teach piano

teaching the musical alphabet

landmarks and intervals...this is the way!

3 ways to teach rhythm...you choose the way!

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Some more piano teaching success stories comin at ya, but instead of from my own students, we have 3 of my clients. Piano teacher successes happening all over the country! From Utah to Kentucky to Georgia. They share a bit about their different studios, how they run things, and some things that have helped them along the way.

Renee is a former schoolteacher, teaching piano is her retirement plan.

Kirsten teaches in students' homes through the Volz system.

And Kelsey teaches at a private school after school hours.

So fun to hear different teaching circumstances as a bonus to this episode.

So enjoy hearing from Renee, Kirsten, and Kelsey.

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On this episode I mini-interview 2 of my actual students one current and one past: Mary and Tyler.

They each have overcome a lot to be able to perform as well as they do. They share what has been helpful as they've learned to manage performance anxiety.

Check out my next masterclass "Performance without Anxiety" Where I can teach you teachers what I taught them, and so much more!

Performance without Anxiety Masterclass

Memorization Mastery Replay

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Heart beating,

palms sweating,

breathing faster,

hard to concentrate….you know what that means….stage fright or performance anxiety.

Something we all deal with to some extent, and our goal is not to stop feeling nervous, but work with it, and bring in the good feelings with helpful thoughts!

Inthis episode, I share what has worked for me as a pianist, what I learned from my college professors, and my own experience as an independent studio teacher. And of course what has worked for my piano students!

We discuss the thoughts that cause those physical sensations, and what to replace them with

Much more in-depth discussion, including the similarity between feeling nervous and excited, what students think others think about them, what experts have taught me, and more personal experiences, at a live zoom masterclass on this topic.

mark your calendars for:

Thursday April 11th 10:30 am Mountain Tiime

Have you or your students experienced these worst-case scenarios?

1. Go up to perform…can’t remember the starting notes.
2. Or the performance is going pretty well, then get stuck and can’t finish!
3. Or a huge break in the middle or skipped parts!

Mortifying! Traumatic even!

I know from experience!

I share some masterful ideas to help students play by heart.

I‘d recommend pausing this episode and clicking on episode 41 “teach how they learn, 3 sensory modes” for an overview of visual, kinesthetic, and auditory learners. In this episode 63 I talk specifically about how to teach piano memorization differently to the 3 different learning styles. One thing that helps us all….Starting places! Have you heard of them?

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Let me show you these and more memorization hacks in a live Zoom Masterclass next week: Memorization Mastery.

Thursday, March 21st. 10:30 am Mountain time.

See you there!

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Dr. Rachel Ehring is a true creative! She shares all the many hats she wears, and the solutions she has found and developed for each. We talk:

• teaching resources, private and group
• accompanying (she has a new how-to course coming out! link)
• podcasting

All the things! Here are her top 3 tips for beginning teachers

1. Don't try to do everything. It's easy to get "shiny object" syndrome and want to try everything you hear about, but you have to choose what is going to be the most useful thing right now and focus on that

2. That being said...don't be afraid to try new activities, games, tools. You will start to build an arsenal of activities that you can use "on the fly" if you have a squirrely student or one who is having a hard time grasping a concept. 

3. Stories are a great way to connect with students. You can use storybooks about music. I've also created short "sound effect stories" that I use with my beginning students to teach simple musical concepts. 

Speaking of stories, characters and stories can be fantastic to help students memorize, details to come about techniques to teach Memorizing Mastery and Performance without Anxiety!

Dynamic Accompanying Course Waitlist 

Dynamic Piano Teaching Podcast

⁠Episode 15: Janet Hart on Piano Detectives Club⁠

TopMusic Piano Podcast

Etsy Store (Sound Effect Stories)

More piano teaching resources on ⁠angelatoone.com⁠ 

⁠how I teach a first piano lesson video⁠⁠

piano teacher primer course⁠

Bravely take on any potentially challenging conversations with piano parents to bring the collaboration of student, teacher, and parent together all for the students' successful piano education. Things like

Student not practicing all their pieces

Recital piece not ready in time

Cutting back studio

Raising prices

And tips for communicating any change in your studio

More piano teaching resources on ⁠angelatoone.com⁠

 ⁠how I teach a first piano lesson video⁠⁠

piano teacher primer course⁠