Equipment

I’m looking to make the switch from my big binders full of my SM materials to something digital. I’m hoping to find a fairly large tablet that would allow me to have all the materials as PDFs and that would have a pen I could…

• Last updated 1 year ago
• Apple Pencil, digital materials, Forscore, handling paperwork, Henle, iPad, iPad app, iPad apps, iPads, managing materials, Newzik, organization, organizing a notebook, organizing lesson plans, organizing materials, organizing SHMs, organizing teacher notes, organizing TTMs, paperwork, reMarkable, staying organized, tablet, using iPad in lessons, utilize ipad, white board, whiteboard

I’m passing on a question from a student that I was unable to answer. They would like to purchase a baby grand and wanted to know which of these brands were the best: Wheinbach, Yamaha or Kohler and Campbell. Any preferences? I’ve heard that the…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• baby grand, buying a piano, pianos

We gave out Dry Erase Boards at the Symposium and some of you have been inquiring about them. They are great for PAS and Reading Rhythm. Here’s where I got them: http://www.amazon.com/NEOPlex-Student-Laptop-Erase-Marker/dp/B001EW9I4W/ref=sr_1_sc_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1328508762&sr=8-4-spell In the meantime while someone sources an Australian version, an idea I have…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• calendars, cardboard, desk calendar, dry erase, dry erase board

Does anyone have a good suggestion for chairs for a studio? I need to have 12 to 15 chairs at a decent price. What kind do you have, and where did you get them? I can’t spend an arm and a leg. Just priced chairs…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• chairs, padded chairs, stool

Please can anyone recommend a small user friendly and economical recording device to enable me to use to send samples of my playing to my music teacher. Skype is not reliable in my area for live listening at a distance. Audacity is free and great…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• audacity, iphone, iPhone app, iPhone apps, record students, recording, recording pieces, recording students, sending a recording, smart phone recording, student recordings

I’ve been recording students with my iPad and because I am pretty new in this matter, I’d need a little help. I have to take the sound out and send it the to Simply Music (my first 5 Foundation’s 1 students) as a MP3 file.…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• CD, garage band, iMovie, iPad, iPad app, iPads, record students, recording, recording pieces, recording students, sending a recording, smart phone recording, student recordings, utilize ipad, Voice Memos app

I’m a brand new simply music teacher. I just started this month. My question is about doing audio recordings. I’m pretty good with a computer but I’ve never delved into recording audio. I understand how to record sound using my computer microphone but how do…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• audacity, cameras, record students, recording, recording pieces, recording students, sending a recording, smart phone recording, student recordings

Hello fellow teachers! I was recently the target of an elaborate piano selling scam and wanted to share my experience. This is what I reported to econsumer.gov just now: I received an email from Lina Smith ([email protected]) about her late husband’s grand piano that she…

• Last updated 2 years ago
• hoax, hoax email, hoax emails, hoax inquiries, hoax inquiry, scam, scam email, scam emails, scam inquiries, scam inquiry

I just started using these dice and dodecahedra recently for playlist review. Students love it soooo much, and it even works for online lessons! It is also helping rekindle enthusiasm in these summer months. Update – today I even did it with one of my…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• dice, die, evaluating playlist, managing playlist, managing the playlist, Playlist, playlist activities, playlist check, playlist dice, playlist die, playlist games, playlist management, playlist review, repertoire, repertoire review

Just in case anyone else has not heard about this alternative to Zoom, I’m posting it here. Mike Grande, owner of RockOutLoud music school in NY, who just happens to also be a master coder/programmer, has created what looks to be one of the first…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• audio, audio options, audio settings, Background Noise, benefits of group lessons, benefits of online lessons, comfort in teaching groups, distance lessons, Echo Cancellation, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, groups, keeping groups together, learning online, learning via webcam, managing groups, online, online groups, online learning, online lessons, Original Sound, Piano at Home, Rock Out Loud Live, screen share, screen sharing, share screen, Skype, teaching groups, teaching online, using a webcam to teach, value of groups, videoconference software, Zoom