The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers

The circle of fifths is a very useful tool to bring all of the key signatures together and reveal their relationships to each other. But how can we help students to understand this? How can we allow them to feel the magic? That’s where improvising your way around the circle of fifths can be so useful. Find out how today.

In this episode, I’ll answer some great questions from members about improvisation, finger dexterity, concerts and note reading struggles.  

Using monthly themes in your studio can give you the clarity you need to really move your students’ learning forward in particular areas. Find out in this episode how this could work for you and get some ideas for monthly themes you could use.

Do your students think scales are fun? I promise you they can, it just takes a little know-how and some imagination on your part. But it’s so worth it!

Teaching keyboard geography is something that is often neglected by piano teachers, but do your students really know the piano keys? Could they find the correct key quickly and easily or do they work from C every time? Learn my tips for teaching this core skill thoroughly in this episode.

Transfer students are tricky because what they know so far won’t necessarily align with what we would have taught them. In this episode I’ll share strategies to catch them up, fill in the gaps and have success with your transfer students.

In this episode, I’ll answer some great questions from members about makeup lessons, pentascales, goals and choosing repertoire for students.

Transfer students can be tricky. We don’t know what they learned with their previous music teacher, never mind what they retained. Find out what you should do in the first lesson with a transfer student in this episode.