‘The Magic Shark’ a song for preschoolers about coordination of finger counting by Piano Comics
I have a 4 year old student that loves sharks. So I transcribed the song ‘5 fingers’ to ‘The Magic Shark’ so that he can concentrate and play with it. The original song is from a very creative educator I found on tik tok, she has all the social channels, here is her instagram
Introduce 6 composers to your piano beginners by Piano Comics
This post is about the last -5th- chapter of my latest product ‘Workbook Sheet Music’ for piano beginners. It introduces 6 composers to students with 2 of their well known pieces transcribed for late beginners and early elementary levels. The composers are: J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart, L.V.Beet
‘Eagle-grabbing’ hands and fingers by Piano Comics
How 1 example made my young piano beginners bend all the joints of their fingers and keep them bent. It’s much simpler for piano beginners to understand and be able to keep their hands round. It’s another story though, if they have to keep all the joints of their fingers bent all the tim
How to teach tempos to piano beginners? by Piano Comics
One of the most vital music elements I teach to piano students from the beginning is tempo. What it is, how to use it, what it means to the piece/ music we play. And always to look for it in the beginning, interpret it and then move on to the clef, time, key signature and […]
‘Upon the swing they sat and swayed’ a traditional song from the island of Lesvoes, Greece for late piano beginners with lyrics
‘Upon the swing they sat and swayed’ (‘Pano stin kounia katsane’) — A traditional song from Lesvos, Greece, for piano and voice by Piano Comics. The song and the text below come from the textbook Music Anthology for grades 1–6 of primary school, teacher’s edition. ̵
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
‘3 Christmas piano duets’ for 4 hands by Piano Comics
Here are 3 Favourite Christmas songs as piano duets for 4 hands by Piano Comics: ‘Jingle Bells’ late beginners ‘Carol of the Bells’ late beginners ‘Silent Night’ elementary Accompany your young piano beginners or make your older students co-operate with them and f
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
