Keyboard Companion Spring 2000; Vol. 11, No. 1
Keyboard Companion Spring 2000; Vol. 11, No. 1
view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. Page 5: The Editor’s Page Richard Chronister Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent What do you do with a student who hates to play the piano? Barbara Kreader Page 10: Home Practice...
Keyboard Companion Winter 2000; Vol. 11, No. 3
Keyboard Companion Winter 2000; Vol. 11, No. 3
view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. Page 5: The Editor’s Page Elvina Pearce Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent What are the positive and the negative aspects of teaching students in their own homes? Barbara Kreader with Leslie...
An Invitation to the Piano Inspires Book Club – Part 2
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question As we approach the new school year, we invite you to join us for the Piano Inspires Book Club! The first book club will focus on Marvin Blickenstaff’s new book Inspired Piano Teaching. Learn more and register...
An Invitation to the Piano Inspires Book Club
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question As we approach the new school year, we invite you to join us for the Piano Inspires Book Club! The first book club will focus on Inspired Piano Teaching by Marvin Blickenstaff. Learn more and register here. August 26, 2024...
The Benefits of NCKP: The Piano Conference and Why You Should Attend
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Marvin Blickenstaff for this article about the benefits of The Piano Conference: NCKP. Want to learn more about The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025? Click here to read about next year’s conference and...
Q&A with Marvin Blickenstaff: Part One
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Marvin Blickenstaff for answering these questions regarding his approach to piano pedagogy. Want to learn more about Marvin’s teaching? The Frances Clark Center recently published his book Inspired Piano Teaching. This fall...
How Do You Use the Metronome in Your Teaching of Early-Level Students?
Keyboard Companion Winter 1991; Vol. 2, No. 4
Marvin Blickenstaff, Editor The life story of Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772-1838) is tainted with intrigue, deception, law suits for fraud, world travel, and death at sea aboard an American freighter. (Serves him right for inventing such torture, some of our piano students might feel!) Maelzel...
Why Do You Use Unit Counting With Your Beginners? When and Why Do You Teach Meter Counting?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 1991; Vol. 2, No. 3
Marvin Blickenstaff, Editor KEYBOARD COMPANION might well be sub-titled Where Piano Teachers Share. Helpful information is packed into each issue, with contributions from a large number of successful teachers across the country. In a recent issue, several teachers were asked to describe the way they...
How Do You Teach Dotted Rhythms?
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
Marvin Blickenstaff, Editor Although the steady pulse is fundamental to the concept of rhythm, the lilt and forward movement of rhythm is created through the variety of note values. Dotted rhythms are vital to our rhythmic experience. Folk tunes, patriotic songs, hymns, and Christmas carols...
What Kind of Counting Do You Use With Beginners . . . and Why?
Keyboard Companion Spring 1991; Vol. 2, No. 1
Marvin Blickenstaff, Editor Aren’t you terribly curious about what really transpires in other teachers’ studios? How do our colleagues across the country teach a particular aspect of theory, or technique? What “facilitations” do they use for teaching certain hurdles in familiar pieces in the repertoire?...
Spring 2024: Questions and Answers
Spring 2024; Vol. 16, No. 1
ANSWER: This is an important question, for playing musically is the essence of our work with our students. There are several approaches which have been useful in my teaching, moving from general to specific. 1. Start working on a piece from the “known.” Does the...
How has keyboard pedagogy changed over the last 20-30 years? Part two
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2005; Vol. 16, No. 3
Rebecca Johnson, Editor In this issue, we conclude our look at the conception and evolution of keyboard pedagogy. No movement develops such a vital presence without strong and visionary leaders at the forefront. In the Summer 2005 issue, Frances Larimer gave an excellent history of...
How Do You Cultivate Your Students’ Understanding of Theory Through the Repertoire They Play?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2001; Vol. 12, No. 3
by Marvin Blickenstaff We often find ourselves writing mental notes to our students. “I forgot to mention in yesterday’s lesson that …” “Remember to include in each day’s practice …” One note that I often wish to write my students reads something like this: Dear...
How Do You Introduce New Pieces to Students?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2000; Vol. 11, No. 2
by Marvin Blickenstaff Some of the best news to hit the piano teaching world this past summer was the revival of Keyboard Companion. When news spread that the magazine would not continue publication without Editor Richard Chronister, many teacher friends commented … “but it is...
When and How Do You Introduce Rubato?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2000; Vol. 11, No. 2
by Bruce Berr As piano teachers, we are constantly called upon to be master jugglers: precision and romance, agenda and spontaneity, structure and color, work and play, creativity and consolidation, professional concerns and business necessities, hands on and hands off. The list could continue. In...