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Expression and Playing Musically

I have an adult student (currently in Level 3) who sent me the following email and I would like to reply to this: “I would love to have more feedback on how to play better! I am very happy with my classes the following is…

Teaching Pedal Online

Has anyone taught The Pedal on line? How did you do it? I have several students ready for this mini project and I don’t know if it can work? Do you have the TWS Program on Using the Pedal? If not, I highly recommend it.…

MAC Pedal Training

I think I remember Neil mentioning that there’s a pedal training video in the MAC program. Does anyone know how to find this? I’m trying to figure out the best way to teach pedaling in online lessons, so I’d welcome your ideas. Thanks! I have…

Pedaling for smaller students

How do you teachers do the pedaling for smaller students at a concert, without sitting in the way? I don’t want the audience to be looking at me, just because I’m sitting at the top end of the piano to do their pedal – and…

When to introduce pedaling

I have some students who just started level 2 who like using the pedal, but they don’t like the muddy sound of holding it down. As a result, they’ve begun developing some bad habits with it. My question is, what’s the earliest I can introduce…

Time to allow for Pedal TTM?

Greetings – I am thinking about teaching the content of the Pedal TTM during summer lessons but have not taught it before. Can anybody comment on how much time would be needed to cover it? Would you devote an entire lesson to this as a…

When to Introduce the Pedal 

I also started teaching last fall. Another teacher in my area (Dixie Cramer) had a great idea that I have been using. As the students start to get anxious to learn how to read notes, she gives them a list of things they have to…

Using the Pedal

This is my eighth week of teaching Simply Music and I have been asking students to start holding down the pedal with Night Storm, as this is what I understood Neil to indicate. I have read through everything in the Forums on the pedal as…

Purpose of The Pedals

In response to a question regarding the purpose of the pedals on a piano. The pedals serve these functions: Right pedal is of course the sustain pedal. On a baby grand, the left pedal (or the ‘soft’ pedal) actually shifts the entire ‘action’ mechanism (the…

Introducing the Pedal Technique

I’m wondering when other teachers are introducing overlapping pedal technique with the right (damper) pedal. I know this can vary from student to student and tends to be age related. My teen students tend to grasp the concept quickly, but I find it seems to…