Category Archives: Keyboards

94/100 Memorization

A blog I follow is www.bulletproofmusician.com, written by Noa Kageyama. I used to be a great natural memoriser. My first piano teacher used to insist on learning all piece hands separately, in minute detail, before putting the hands together, and … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Learning | Tagged , | Leave a comment

89/100 Teach the fingers ‘cos they don’t know what to do

I had a hilarious keyboard lesson last week with a beginner, a lad of about ten who has been learning for a couple of terms but not making great progress. He has been absolutely determined to be able to hack … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Lessons that have happened | Tagged | Leave a comment

56/100 Those Mixed Keyboard Ensembles

This is my second year of teaching mixed ability, mixed age, mixed experience keyboard ensembles. There is a long history behind these groups, which is lost in the mists of time. The situation at the moment is that there are … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, The organised teacher | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

34/100 Rhythm Tapping

I follow this site as it is full of great ideas – I don’t use all of them, but it is always interesting to have a read and a think about their suggestions. And here’s one that I MUST share … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Piano | Tagged | Leave a comment

24/100 Splatty finger Toy

I follow www.teachpianotoday.com It’s a great source of ideas, and I love this one: “The Amazing Finger Exercise Cup” DO watch the video! With the sound on! I’m going to make some for my own students, and also as class … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Piano, Practising, Resources | Tagged | Leave a comment

10/100 LH Keyboard – Fully fingered chords

I think I’ve got to step up my rate of posting if I am going to reach my target of 100 blog posts by the end of this year; this is week 6 or 7 (depending on how you count) and here … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards | Tagged | Leave a comment

9/100 Keyboards: Reading LH Chord Shapes

I remember the day I suddenly “got” the Grade 1 chords I was learning for my piano exam. How old was I? Probably about 7 or 8 years old. (Oh how I hate it when the children say “I don’t … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Piano | Leave a comment

1/100 Scaley Tunes

1st January 2016 1/100? That’s because I have challenged myself to write at least 100 posts for The Music Jungle this year. I’m getting off to a fine start… I shall be teaching scales to a couple of keyboard ensembles, to … Continue reading

Posted in Keyboards, Resources, The organised teacher | Tagged | Leave a comment