In this episode, the last in the series of teaching beginners, we take the three main informal guidance activities, activity time, performance pieces, and improvisation, and discuss how they can be "repackaged" in a way appropriate for older students.

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Looking to bring creativity and improvisation into your beginner piano lessons? In this episode, we give you ways to bring improvisation into your studio with fun and engaging activities that your students will love. Don't forget to download "Time to Improvise," an activity you can do with your students in your very next lesson!

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Before playing a piano piece, preparing your student with playful and purposeful activities can ensure a positive and successful experience. In this episode, the fourth in a series of teaching audiation-based piano to beginners, we focus on five elements that guide students to learn performances pieces in meaningful, fun-filled, and frustration-free ways. 

Be sure to download the workbook that accompanies this episode from the show notes! In it, you will find the five steps discussed in the episode as well as preparation activity ideas.

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In this episode, the third in a series of teaching audiation-based piano to beginners, we focus on a part of the lesson called activity time, an important part of the lesson for acculturation to tonalities, meters, singing, chanting, patterns, and different types of movement to develop tonal and rhythm audiation. 

If this is completely new to you, take it one song, one chant, one pattern, or one movement at a time. There is no rush. 

But if you keep up with it, you will notice something. Your students will become more independent, free, and creative. They will feel comfortable singing, chanting, and making music. They will learn to coordinate their breath and bodies, and keep a steady beat naturally. They will begin to understand.

Be sure to download the workbook that accompanies this episode! In it, you will find ideas to help you create an Activity Time for beginner piano lessons, including songs, chants, tonal patterns, rhythm patterns, and movement.

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In this episode, Krista defines informal guidance, a necessary type of instruction that guides students to learn how to audiate, and discusses what it looks like in a piano lesson with Marilyn Lowe's Keyboard Games, part of the Music Moves for Piano method.

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In this episode, Hannah discusses the importance of informal guidance in piano lessons, how it prepares her students for formal instruction, and the positive impact of providing a rich musical environment that guides music learning with play, freedom to explore, and appropriate technique.

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In this episode, we take a step back and look at the big picture of Music Learning Theory to answer this question: How does one learn music? 

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Have you ever wondered why your student just isn’t getting something? Perhaps they are having a really hard time reading music, keeping a steady beat, or playing a specific rhythm. Chances are you can find your answer in sequencing. In this episode, Hannah shares experiences from her studio that highlight the importance of knowing and utilizing Gordon’s learning sequence and how sequencing helps when choosing activities and piano repertoire to support success and alleviate frustration.

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Episode 1.3: In this episode, Krista  defines what is means to understand music through audiation, as defined by Dr. Edwin E. Gordon. Make sure to listen through to the end to step into Krista's piano lessons and hear three activity examples with a student: resting tone, patterns, and improvisation.

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Episode 1.2: In this episode, Hannah talks about how she trialed audiation-based activities in her piano studio for many years before fully committing to Music Learning Theory in her piano instruction. Learn what changes she saw in her students, and her own musicianship, through this transition.

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