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
‘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
Have fun learning music theory with ‘Workbook Sheet Music’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics
Need a light, fun break in between regular piano practice, scales, etudes and repertoire or exam pieces? Use the games and fun activities from ‘Workbook Sheet Music’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics. This 64 page digital material teaches basic music theory principles such as dynamics,
When piano students practice during holidays whitout even realising it! Free fun worksheets by Piano Comics
When holidays approach, especially after concerts, the only thing that we as piano teachers desire is to rest. But we always will give some holiday homework with the hope that our students will practice a bit. And since we too need the rest, making the time and energy to prepare new music sheets, ga
‘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 […]
