Show Notes

*|MC:SUBJECT|*
EPISODE 27: The Back to School Special

00:00 Welcome to the back to school special. 

01:18 Paul and Gillian discuss the 3 main challenges for practice and introduce some methods to solve these issues.

04:35 Using backing tracks to help to solve practice problems, including how they can help beginners, online teachers and build intrinsic motivation.  

10:50  How to beat the boredom of practise through game-based learning and off the bench movement activities. 

15:47 How Practise Buddy by Piano Teaching Success came to life, through frustrations that Paul and Gillian have experienced in their teaching.  

17:20 How to teach Broken Chords 

22:35 How to teach chords and progressing into lead sheets

27:04 Lead sheet starter pack, which you can buy here from Blackrock Music Shop. Q+A Episode 14

32:09 Lucinda Mackworth-Young shares her great strategies on how to teach students to play by ear. Read her book, Piano By Ear here. Q+A Episode 13

41:58 Join us in two weeks for our first live show of the year. Make sure you join our Facebook group or ask a question here

Join the Piano Teaching Success Facebook Group
Join the show in two weeks for the first live show of 2021.
Join the virtual audience (100 seat limit) or ask a question
The virtual studio audience is limited to 100 seats but we will be streaming live to Facebook if you don't get a seat.
https://www.facebook.com/pianoteachingsuccess

Our studio audience will have the opportunity to ask questions and get answers from our panel of experts.
 

When is PTS Q+A on?


The show is on Wednesday in the USA/Canada and Thursdays everywhere else:

In the USA & Canada we're live on Wednesdays: Pacific US 5pm • Central US 7pm •  Eastern 8pm

In Australia Thursday @ 11am (AEST) - Check out the time in your TIMEZONES

NZ 1pm  • Japan 9am • HKG, SIN, Malaysia, 8am • Indonesia 7am • South Africa & Central EU 2am • UK 1am

Australian Times: Thursday NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS 11am •  SA 10:30am • QLD 10 am • NT 9:30am • WA 8 am
 
WHAT TIME is Q+A on where I live?
If you can't make the live time, we will send you the show notes and replay.
 
We are looking forward to seeing you this week.

All the best,