Category: Rhythm
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The studio is focusing on rhythm this month. One of the biggest questions is, do you count or feel rhythm? My answer would be yes. In a Facebook group of piano teachers, the question was asked if teachers insist on having students count out loud. My response was yes, when learning steady beat, struggling with…
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I’m starting a new series on Thursdays, called Theory Thursday. Each Thursday, I’ll highlight parts of music theory and share a bit about them. Today, I’m focusing on a dotted note. What is a dotted note? When a dot is added next to a note. When I teach dotted notes to students, I talk…
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When my grandmother gave me her piano when I was in 4th grade, she included many things with it. Sheet music, a lamp, even a padded cushion for the bench! But the most important thing that she passed on with the piano to me was her metronome. She had played piano and cello for much…
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Dotted quarter notes going to eighth notes are challenging for students. Why? It gets into subdividing (making smaller) the beat. I clearly remember when I was a young student being SO MAD because that quarter note should get 2 counts! Well….no. The quarter note gets one and a half counts. So what does that mean?…