practice pad

I’ve read in Kat M.’s post about travelling. So, here’s a question to all INTERNATIONALLY travelling teachers. I’m travelling in Europe for a month in the summer and the airline charges an arm and a leg if I took a keyboard. How do you travel…

• Last updated 11 months ago
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Looking for some advice…I have student who stutters everytime he starts to play. He’ll replay his starting note numerous times before finally getting into the song. Once he gets going, he plays well. But if there’s a break in his playing, or the start of…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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A student is on a 6-week road trip. His mom just texted, “My piano player has been missing his piano. It is his coping mechanism when the world gets overwhelming. I didn’t realize how much piano helps him. Do you know of general places–besides music…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I want to share a technique I have been employing on Ode to Joy in Level One that has been working well. I find it takes away a little of the learning when an adult recognizes the tune mid-way into the learning. So I have…

• Last updated 9 years ago
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As a means of helping my students remember where to put their hands, for the start of each song, I play a game that works really well. With their printed keyboards on their laps, I say a particular song and they put their hands on…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• practice pad, starting positions

Hi all, I want to share a few thoughts on the practice pad. I really love it. I can’t tell you how many of my students have benefited from using the pad as a learning tool. Especially if they’re unable to have their video  set…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I’d like to get practice pads mounted on foam or wood. How have some of you gone about this? Does foam or wood work better? Also…I have used foam board before, and it is subject to cracking. Has this been a problem? I cut up…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• Laurie Richards, mounting, practice pad

I recently had a conversation with all my students, no matter what level they were in, that I think they all found very valuable for their future learning. This is long but I think you might find it as valuable as my studio has. And…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I have a question re: the Keypad (KP) skill and how it relates to multi-sensory learning. It seems that multi-sensory learning would mean using all your senses. The keypad separates out the senses and excludes sound. I believe it works, but It seems counter-intuitive. Therefore…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• Gordon Harvey, keypad, multi-sensory learning, Ode to Joy, practice pad, single thought process