How to make piano students feel tempos and their changes? An effective exercise by Piano Comics
Changes of tempos is an important music element that students must master. Even beginners. This is an essential part of musical interpretation and although not given often in piano pieces for beginning levels, I always add one or two changes. The reason for this is so that the student feels the rhyt
What counting out loud does to piano beginners? by Piano Comics
One of the basic principles I teach as a piano teacher to all beginners, children and adults, is how to count out loud. Rhythm is the basis of music. No rhythm, no music. Now that we got that out of the way, I would like to share some thoughts on why counting out loud is […]
‘Try and catch the fly!’ a game by Piano Comics for piano beginners to train their rhythmical skills
‘Try and catch the fly’ is a funny game that young kids, even preschoolers, love to play during piano lessons. It is essentially a rhythmical game where the student has to clap whenever they see a fly on top of a note written in a rhythmical short phrase (6-12 bars) the teacher plays. Le
Why do pianists use 2 clefs? Is up and down on the piano the same as up and down in note pitch? Teaching tips by Piano Comics
When teaching piano beginners a natural confusion may occur. When we need to play higher or the treble clef the kids don’t always have a reflex of using their right hand or looking to the right of the keyboard. This is understandable because they have always in their everyday life – and
