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Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
view flipbook Page 4: A Parent's Point of View How Did You Choose the Digital Keyboard in Your Home? Elizabeth Van Ness Page 5: The Editor's…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
What Is the New Monster Concert? Part II
Your response to the question, What is the new monster concert?, in the Summer, 1994, Keyboard Companion, convinces me that many piano teachers are looking for an alternative…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
How Do You Transfer Students’ Understanding of Theory to Their Understanding of Repertoire?
The color-coordinated, graphic designed, companionable theory books that are packaged with current method books are startling compared to the early workbooks and notespellers. There are many…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
What Do You Do When Adults Are Determined to Play Repertoire They Can’t Possibly Play Well? Part II: Shift to Transcriptions
In the Spring, 1994 issue of Keyboard Companion, Paul Sheftel and Robert Vandall answered the question, What do you do when adults are determined to play repertoire…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
What Makes Piano Study a Positive Experience for You/for Your Child
by Joyce Cameron with the help of seven students and parents Imagine. You have engaged in some activity for a number of weeks- or months- or years. Now you…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
How Do You Teach Downbeats?
To teach or not to teach downbeats is really not the question. We all realize that a sense of meter is dependent on the student’s feeling…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
How Do You Help Your Music Major Students Choose a College?
Once in a while a student comes along that is head and shoulders (wrists and fingers?) above the rest of your studio. Let's call her "Karen…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
What About Piano Study in Australia and the People’s Republic of China?
I remember well standing backstage in Kansas City in the 1970s after a recital of the French soprano Régine Crespin and hearing her admonish an over-eager…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
Is There More to Reading than Reading Pieces?
On the piano pedagogy lecture circuit and in all the places that pedagogy experts write about the subject of reading, one of the most often-heard statements is, “You learn to read by reading.” When I hear those…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
What Suggestions Would You Give Two Students to Ensure Productive Ensemble Practice?
It’s probably safe to say that most piano students have most of their ensemble experience playing duets with their teacher. This is a logical introduction into the…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
Are Progress Reports Helpful in Magic Triangle Communications?
Dear Reader, It has been an education, a challenge, and a pleasure to be the Associate Editor of the Magic Triangle Department since the first issue…
Keyboard Companion Winter 1994; Vol. 5, No. 4
How did you choose the digital keyboard in your home?
San Jose, California "I like my students to experience all different media," comments Carol Herndon, author/host of Herndon Wood's video-taped theory lessons. So, when Carol spied an inventory…