Category: Music Theory
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Happy Pi Day!
Today is March 14th, Pi Day or Pie Day! And since we’re talking about pie, I want to share a musical pie with you! To learn more check out my profile page to learn about private lessons or group classes: http://www.takelessons.com/profile/donna-w6 Go have a piece of pie and have a musical day!
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A New Year
Here we are again, starting a new year. New hopes, new aspirations, new goals (or renewing old ones). The last few months have been super busy (as you can probably tell from my lack of posts). If you’ve been following me for a while now, you know I teach lessons online. In recent months I…
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Summer Music Fun!
As the new school year is about to begin and the summer’s end is fast approaching, I have to say I am ready for a vacation!! For most people, summer is an easy season, a time to relax, take a break, and have some fun. And while I have had a lot of fun this…
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June Summer Camp
June has been a busy month and honestly, a little crazy! But it’s been fun too. This week I just finished up my first online summer music camp! My summer camp was all about Piano Music Games. I wanted to teach something about piano in a fun and easy way. I didn’t know how it…
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May Recital and Composing
We just celebrated our Spring Recital 2022! This was our 2nd virtual recital that we’ve done. All the students that participated have spent the last couple months working on their songs and pieces. Then they recorded themselves performing at home and I compiled all the videos into one using iMovie on my phone! I was…
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April Lesson Activities
Since January I have been incorporating more games into the lessons every week. And every month I have picked a different theme for our games. For April, our theme was Easter! I found a great resource for lesson activities through My Music Resource. All of my Easter games were created by Kate Thompson, who I…
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March Lesson Games:Rhythm
Its almost spring, the weather is slowly getting warmer, and its time to move! And working on Rhythm is a great way to do that, so thats our game theme for March. For some students, rhythm comes naturally, and for others, they struggle even with keeping a steady beat. These games are a fun way…
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February Lesson Games
In my last post I talked about the importance of sometimes breaking free from the regular lesson routine and the regular lesson materials to have some fun. I shared 2 games that I used in my lessons to reinforce interval learning. This month the theme is Notes on the Staff. We are reinforcing how to…
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Lesson Games
I’ve always liked the thought of adding games into my lessons. When I taught lessons in-person, I would add a few on occasion. But it was never a priority. I like to make lists of things to do and then check off the items as I accomplish them. And that translated over into my teaching.…
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Challenges with Adult Students
After teaching music for 22 years, I have learned that teaching adult students is very different from teaching children in a lot of ways. Adults have more responsibilities and obligations, more distractions, and not as much structure in place for practice time. I recently came across a great article about the challenges many adult students…
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