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by john aschenbrenner
Use recognizable songs in the first piano lessons for kids. There is a rude awakening when kids realize all the music in standard methods con...
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by john aschenbrenner
You have two broad choices of format for beginning piano education: piano software or print books.
Which is better?
I've published both forms of...
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by john aschenbrenner
There is a general rule for selecting children's songs for the piano. All piano methods begin with songs only on the white keys.
This makes it ...
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by john aschenbrenner
Using familiar songs in piano lessons is the wisest choice when kids are starting piano. Kid's piano books try to interest the child with "exerc...
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by john aschenbrenner
The children that piano teachers neglect are those that do not pick up the knack of reading music. Piano teachers are notoriously impatient. The...
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by john aschenbrenner
Piano Is Easy
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A Piano By Numbers book is a good choice as a child's introduction to the piano. The standard method is to ...
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by john aschenbrenner
Kid's music and the piano are inextricably linked. The piano is the first instrument most children learn, given how simple it is to just push th...
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by john aschenbrenner
Popular music uses, in general, the "singer songwriter" style of piano. The melody is in the right hand, and the chords (groups of three keys) ...
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by john aschenbrenner
This the story of a little girl who started lessons with me at about age six, and the rewards that come with patience. Come the pandemic, and I h...
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by john aschenbrenner
The Piano Kid was short, maybe three feet tall, and he loved candy. He could play any piano song he set his mind to. He devoured piano music. It...
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by john aschenbrenner
A common mistake piano teachers make is to misjudge a child's attention span. Usually a piano teacher insists that the student follow their dire...
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by john aschenbrenner
The inside of a kid's piano lesson is quite a drama, minute by minute. Part of the reason I am a piano teacher is to be there and witness this ...
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