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
‘Changes of dynamics’ a game for piano beginners by Piano Comics
Want to teach changes of dynamics in piano effectively and have students get it in the first try? Use an intriguing and funny game. But first, spend 10 minutes of the piano lesson to show the basics. What is a change of dynamic? Make up a sentence or play a phrase on the piano doing […]
Teaching dynamics to young piano beginners by Piano Comics
I have not found a better way in my 19 years of piano teaching experience to teach young students music elements than to give examples from everyday life, our speech, movements, feelings, nature. Maybe it’s because they can relate immediately or live examples gain their attention and automatic
‘Battle of the Bats’ a free Halloween piece by Piano Comics for piano beginners
‘Battle of the Bats’ a free Halloween piece by Piano Comics for piano beginners (even preschoolers) For complete beginners? Just read the treble cleff and play with 1 hand 3 consecutive keys. For late beginners? Dust off your reading skills on bass cleff and ledger lines Happy Halloween
‘Panda mom – Panda baby’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics for training a harmonical ear
‘Panda mom – Panda baby’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics , free download at the end of this post A 6 year old beginner brought his favourite plushie to our lesson: a panda bear holding its baby. So we created this song. I taught him only the 2nd voice and combined it with body
‘Workbook Sheet Music’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics
The ‘Workbook Sheet Music’ for piano beginners by Piano Comics is a digital material ( PDF ) that teaches, trains and strengthens basic music theory principles. It is for piano students and teachers learning and teaching the beginners’ and late beginners’ level of piano ( 1-3 years ). Th
‘Little Shark’ piano for preschoolers by Piano Comics free resources
‘Little Shark’ piano for preschoolers by Piano Comics This is a new piece for preschoolers learning piano and you can download it for free at the end of this post. You can choose which bars your young student can play (doesn’t have to be the whole piece). Here the kids get used
‘It got dark’ piano for preschoolers by Piano Comics, free scores
‘It got dark’ piano for preschoolers by Piano Comics This is a new piece for preschoolers learning piano and you can find it for free at the end of this post. This piece is teaching kids to play piano – soflty and adagio – slowly like a tired elephant going home to sleep. I
‘Mighty Lion’ Piano Comics for preschoolers, free scores
Piano Comics, piano for preschoolers ‘Mighty Lion’ This new song is for very small kids taking their first steps in music through piano. You can listen to it here. I’ve used it even with 3 year olds. The part of the roar you can show the kids where to play (using index fingers on
‘Little Horse’ by Piano Comics for piano beginners and preschoolers, free scores
‘Little Horse’ by Piano Comics for piano beginners and preschoolers. Piano teachers and piano parents: this is a new piece I created for a 4 year old beginner that loves horses. You can listen to it here. It only uses 3 consecutive keys plus the 2 black keys on top. I played the first
