Piano Lab Teaching Tips with India

SFA Piano Pedagogy Student, India Aquino shares some teaching tips in group piano through the digital piano lab. Included is an excerpt of her teaching a piano class for non-keyboard music majors. To learn more about studying piano pedagogy at Stephen F. Austin State University, go to: http://music.sfasu.edu/keyboard

2008 Schmidbauer Piano Competition Invitation

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An invitation to all eligible pianists to enter the inaugural 2008 Schmidbauer International Young Artists Piano Competition.

http://www.schmidbauercompetition.org

Reduced-Size Keyboards Part 2

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Part 2 covers reactions and testimonials from pianists who have used the 7/8 reduced size keyboard, including Dr. Anita Renfroe from Millersville University.

In addition, Sarah Evans and Peter Davis from Bob Jones University share their results from a research study measuring pianists' adaptability to the 7/8 keyboard.

To get more information on David Steinbuhler's keyboards, visit: http://www.steinbuhler.com.

Reduced-Size Keyboards Part 1

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From the 2007 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Dr. Carol Leone demonstrates the benefits of the 7/8 Reduced Size Keyboard, including preventing injuries and allowing pianists with smaller hands the ability to play repertoire that they were incapable of doing before.
To get more information on David Steinbuhler's keyboards, visit: http://www.steinbuhler.com

Intermediate Piano Repertoire

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Heather and Jordan review two series of intermediate piano repertoire collections. One is "Piano Literature from The Developing Artist Library by Nancy and Randall Faber. The other is "The Festival Collection" edited by Helen Marlais. To learn more about studying piano pedagogy at Stephen F. Austin State University, go to: http://music.sfasu.edu.

Arranging Hymns for Piano Students

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Hyera Kim takes over The Piano Podcast to discuss arranging church hymns for your beginner piano students. To learn more about studying piano pedagogy at Stephen F. Austin State University, go to: http://music.sfasu.edu

Triads and Inversions

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In this video piano lesson, I cover triads and inversions along with fingering in the right hand. We apply that knowledge to playing an arrangement of the first few bars of "Let It Be" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Here's a link to one arrangement of the song:
The Beatles - Let It Be - Sheet Music (Digital Download)

Here's a link to a simplified arrangement of the song by Mona Rejino:
The Beatles - Let It Be - Sheet Music (Digital Download)

Sabre Dance

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Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978). Originally recorded on October 27, 2006.

Performed by Mario Ajero, Mary Cooper, Gene Moon, and Ron Petti from Stephen F. Austin State University.
This 2-piano version is a 1991 copyright of N. Jane Tan, published by Piano Ensemble International, Inc. http://www.pianoteams.com