The PianoForte Podcast

Ep. 5 Early Piano Lessons and Moveable Do Solfa

It's wonderful when a student can analyse and read their music using moveable Do solfa. How do they learn this though? What steps can be taken in the early lessons to create develop this deep understanding of music? This episode explores this as well as how this approach to piano teaching contributes to healthy piano technique and notional reading. 
 
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Ep. 4 Reading Music - Matching, Intervallic or Solfa

Do your students struggle to become fluent music readers? In this episode Starr Meneely talks about the three different approaches to reading, the differences and which one is easiest and most musical. Learning to read music does not have to be a burden.
 
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Experience First, Explain Later

How can we help our piano students understand musical notation and musical ideas by allowing them to experience music first, before we read it - and even before we play it. This episode talks a bit about philosophical linguistics and how we can help our students learn and interpret music easily. 
 
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Ep.2 Bring a Little Sing to Piano Lessons

Who said this quote "You must sing if you wish to play"? 
Music and singing help form who we are. This episode how the development of sound influences early cognition and how we can use this to help our students learn music. 
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Meeting Students Where They Are

The beauty and value of non-prescriptive teaching. How to watch students learn and meet them where they are.