Aural training game for semitones and tones by Piano Comics
There is a piece I like to teach to young piano beginners, even preschoolers, called ‘I want ice-cream’ . It uses 3 consecutive notes up and down and the lyrics help kids memorize the piano keys as well because… who doesn’t want to eat all those sweets and sing ( so of cour
‘Music notes are the alphabet and chords are words’ by Piano Comics
When I start teaching intervals and chords in my piano and music theory classes I want kids to feel the importance and richness of the harmony that chords create. Chords are not just an addition to our piano scales or a new exercise on our score sheet. It is the beginning of understanding what harmo
‘Little Bunny’ by Piano Comics a piece to train tempos, dynamics, articulation and major-minor aural skills
‘Little Bunny’ is a piece by Piano Comics that I created for my preschooler beginners and transcribed it for late beginners as well ( students learning piano for over a year ) . Here you can watch me and a 7 year old student playing it and at the end of this post you can […]
How many eyes does a pianist have? 12! A trick to help students trust their hands by Piano Comics
How many of your beginner piano students can’t decide where to look at as soon as they start reading scores? Here is an experiment I like to do to prove to them in 5 minutes that they can ‘see’ with their fingers. In this video I do this trick with a 7 year old beginner […]
How to tune up a musical ear in young piano beginners? by Piano Comics
In this video you can watch a 7 year old piano beginner that started piano lessons 6 months ago. Although she is a beginner I made her play an easy piece-song with lyrics that she learnt fast. I didn’t use many keys because I also wanted to use this piece with preschoolers so the notes [&helli
ΠΩΣ ΝΑ ΑΚΟΝΙΖΕΤΕ ΕΝΑ ΑΥΤΙ ΑΚΟΜΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΕ ΑΡΧΑΡΙΟΥΣ, ΜΙΚΡΟΥΣ ΜΑΘΗΤΕΣ; ΕΝΑ ΒΙΝΤΕΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ Piano Comics
Σε αυτό το βίντεο θα παρακολουθήσετε 2 μαθήτριες, 7 ετών, που ξεκίνησαν πιάνο πριν 6 μήνες. Παρ’όλο που είναι αρχάριες τις έβαλα να παίξουν ένα εύκολο κομματάκι-τρα
