‘7 Christmas Piano Duets’ for 4 hands by Piano Comics
‘7 Christmas Piano Duets’ for 4 hands by Piano Comics is a collection of arrangements/transcriptions with carols for Christmas and New Year from different parts of the world. These pieces are transcribed as duets for 4 hands on the piano to play with other students or the teacher. Some o
‘Balalaika’ a Russian traditional song for preschoolers learning piano by Piano Comics
I found this song from a Russian method book for preschoolers. I post it here because I had great success with it both with preschoolers aged 4 and piano beginners as their 1st piece. You can teach this song in a music classroom training rhythm and body orchestra like in this video. Another way I&
‘Play and create music’ fun music theory and piano playing for young beginners by Piano Comics
‘Play and create music’ by Piano Comics is a book that introduces the principles of music theory and basic piano skills to children aged 4 to 12. It is designed for piano teachers and beginner students. ‘Play and create music’ was created to help children embarking on their musical j
‘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
‘Spiky woke up feeling grumpy’ by Piano Comics for piano preschoolers
‘Spiky woke up feeling grumpy’ is a new song for piano preschoolers. There are 2 score versions: the 1st one is the original ( for the teacher to play or students at intermediate piano levels) just for the young piano beginners to sing and a 2nd version where even preschoolers can play i
‘School Again’ an easy piano piece for preschoolers to learn dynamics by Piano Comics
‘School Again’ is a song I created for a 4 year old and a 5 year old student. It uses 3 consecutive keys , do, re, mi ( c, d, e ). I usually use these 3 keys so that the kids start noticing the different patterns of 2 black keys and 3 black keys. […]
‘Lady Bug’ a song for piano preschoolers by Piano Comics
This cute, short, easy peasy little song called ‘Lady Bug’ can be taught to preschoolers and older piano students. It teaches forte, piano, allegro and adagio as the Lady Bug is being loud and carefree in the beginning but not so joyfull in the end. It also trains the ear to major and mi
A matching game to learn the dynamics in music by Piano Comics
When I want my piano beginners, especially younger ages and preschoolers, to learn a new music term or principle I always try to find examples from everyday life and demonstrate it. It’s not enough for me to just show it on the piano. Yes, piano means soft, quiet and I can play soft and quiet
