The Playful PianoPiano teaching resources that inspire and engage! Discover music history, listening & coloring books, practice resources to turn your students into thoughtful, effective practicers, and much more!  Musicology App for iOS A peer-to-peer video conferencing app for iOS with collaborative and interactivetools for teaching musi...

from the series: The Heart of the Matter: Rhythm Sometimes quantity is quality. As a young teenaged pianist, I had great fun learning transcriptions of Dave Brubeck improvisations. His was the first jazz piano music that I sunk my teeth into. I loved the sound of the rich complex harmonies, the counterpoint, the unique textures and voicings (I...

The music of Scarlatti appears to be frequently overlooked by many teachers. It is more common to hear intermediate-level pianists playing much more of the music of other Baroque composers such as J.S. Bach. Part of the challenge for us as teachers is simply that there is so much of Scarlatti's music available, it is an overwhelming wealth of ...