Piano Pedagogy
Paloma Piano was founded by Doreen Hall, a 35-year veteran piano teacher and published author, who knows the ins and outs of teaching the piano and how to run and profitable and peaceful piano-teaching business.
“As an active piano teacher with a large and diverse studio of online and in-person students, I am seeing and experiencing the changes in our profession. I am finding that now more than ever we need music that students will be motivated to play. For some students that means music that is challenging to learn, for others, that means shorter easier selections. Many students need extra help with rhythm, and note reading. Sometimes a musical game is just the thing to keep things moving ahead during a lesson.” – Doreen Hall
Paloma Piano has over 1,000 pages of resources including musical games and worksheets and piano and vocal music that includes a wide range of musical genres and levels. Check out our huge library of musical scores, music collections, instructional materials, music theory resources, games, and much, much more. And all of it is downloadable; just a click away.
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Doreen’s two 2 books about piano teaching methods are available on Amazon.
The Happiest Piano Teacher in Town: Empowering Teachers to Inspire Students
and
The Ultimate Preschool Piano Activities Book: Complete Guide to Hands-on Preschool Piano Teaching
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12 Games You Can Play With Online or In Person Students of Any Age
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My last studio recital was supposed to be in-person but several people tested positive for COVID and two, it was moved to Zoom. It was OK but a few of…
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This is a summer like no other. The airports are packed, national parks are over full, and everyone is out and about. It’s no wonder, we pretty much lost last…
Let’s Get Going – Tips for Getting Ourselves and Our Students Out of the Doldrums
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No More Labels Please – Tips for Working With Special Needs Piano Students.
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Favorite Piano Teaching Books and Resources
I compiled a list of favorite piano teaching books and resources with the help of many colleagues. These are the books piano teachers recommend and use daily in their studios. The list features resources for beginning through later-intermediate piano students.
Practice Makes Progress
Chapter 18 – From “The Happiest Piano Teacher in Town-Empowering Teachers to Inspire Students” Practice makes progress. “Our aim needs to be the nurturing of children. The moment we rigidly…
The Value of Independent Piano Work
My goal as a teacher is to make myself unnecessary. I am happiest when I see my alumni playing music they have learned without my help. However, getting students to…
Still trying to Please Everyone? Stop it! You Can’t.
I had almost forgotten. It’s been a little while since I’ve been hit with a dose of negativity. Things have been going pretty well lately. I got a job at…
A Heart for Teaching Piano Teachers – Part 2
Here is the second part of last week’s blog post. A Heart for Teaching Piano Teachers – Part 1. Continued. Everything has a downside While it is true that most…
Why Teach Music History to Piano Students?
Music History…Music History! Are you still with me? Why teach music history to piano students? Honestly, I used to hate my college Music History class. “Music Misery” does that ring a…
Sight-Reading
Sight-reading piano music is no easy task! Actually reading piano music at all is no easy task. Being able to instantly play music that is set before you is nothing…
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