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Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Educate Parents and Students about the Importance of Music Study?
Music makes a difference. This simple statement sums up the answer to perhaps the single most important question for music teachers - Why is music study important? In this…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
What do you like – and what do you not like – about practice?
In all previous issues, our Home Practice Department has addressed questions of concern primarily to teachers. In this issue, we are providing a forum for students…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Does Technology Enhance Your Traditional Approach to Teaching?
Overheard at a piano teachers' gathering: "I'm an old-fashioned, traditional teacher and proud of it. I don't want ANY MACHINES in my studio. Mechanical devices would interfere…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Teach Dotted Rhythms?
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.…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Educate Parents and Students About the Importance of Music Study?
Cathy Albergo, Editor Music makes a difference. This simple statement sums up the answer to perhaps the single most important question for music teachers — Why…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
What Do You Like — and What Do You Not Like — About Practice?
Elvina Pearce, Editor In all previous issues, our Home Practice Department has addressed questions of concern primarily to teachers. In this issue, we are providing a…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
Do You Use Summer Lessons for Special Reading Activities?
Richard Chronister, Editor Both writers for this issue’s Music Reading Department take the view that summer is special for piano students. A good case can be…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
When and How Do You Introduce the Damper Pedal?
Steven Roberson, Editor All teachers of beginning students have asked this question at one time or another. Students love to use the pedal. Unfortunately, they often…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
Where Do You Go for Answers to Questions About the Piano?
Madeleine Crouch, Editor Sometimes the most remarkable things are those which we tend to take for granted. When was the last time you picked up the…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Teach Dotted Rhythms?
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…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Encourage a Student’s Involvement in the Movement of Music?
Joyce Cameron, Editor Movement in music occurs on many levels. It can be felt in one's body as a conscious — or unconscious — physical response…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
Is It Accurate to Assume That All Adult Students Study Piano Only for Personal Enrichment? If Adult Students Want to Improvise, What Are Some Activities Which Will Get Them Started?
Brenda Dillon, Editor The beauty of a publication like KEYBOARD COMPANION is that we can change our questions in mid-stream if our incoming mail provokes a…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Plan a Student’s Repertoire for the Coming School Year?
Martha Appleby, Editor Although few teachers of my acquaintance indulge in a languid state of inactivity during the summer, it is a time when we re-evaluate…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Does Technology Enhance Your Traditional Approach to Teaching?
Marguerite Miller, Editor Overheard at a piano teachers' gathering: "I'm an old-fashioned, traditional teacher and proud of it. I don't want ANY MACHINES in my studio.…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
Do You Use Summer Lessons for Special Reading Activities?
Both writers for this issue's Music Reading Department take the view that summer is special for piano students. A good case can be made for discontinuing the…
Keyboard Companion Summer 1991; Vol. 2, No. 2
How Do You Plan A Student’s Repertoire for the Coming School Year?
Although few teachers of my acquaintance indulge in a languid state of inactivity during the summer, it is a time when we re-evaluate the progress of our students…