Music Teaching Tips : Missouri Music Teachers Association

by Janice Saffir

Here are a couple of WEB SITES for piano teachers. Taking the time to explore these will be both fun and rewarding.

Piano Street

This site has quite a few pages of classical piano sheet music in the public domain. They are available for download in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. There are many that are free, and you can have unlimited access for $3.00 a month.
There are very active forums on the following topics:

* Performance: A board for pianists discussing technique, performance, practicing, memorizing etc.
* Repertoire: Discussion about piano works, composers and recordings. Teaching: Piano teachers discussing teaching, repertoire, technique etc. Studentsâ€™ Corner: If you are learning to play the piano and need help or advice, this is the place for you.
* Instruments: Modern and historical instruments, tuning, adjustments, purchase etc.
* Miscellaneous: Piano competitions, master classes, concerts, books etc. Audition Room: Post your own recordings to get comments from other members.

This is a very active site. When I last logged on, there were 71 guests online, 27 users, (4 Hidden), and 6 users in chat.

Piano World Forums

There are thirty-seven piano forums on this site. Currently there are 11,754 members and 349,585 posts per day! Some of the most popular forums are:

* Discussions about pianos: Instruments and manufacturers.
* Pianist Corner: Discussions about playing the piano, performance, technique, composers, competitions, etc.
* Piano Teacher's Forum: Piano Teacher's. Discuss lesson plans, teaching techniques, etc.
* Adult Beginner's Forum: For Adults just starting, or starting over.
* Piano Tuner-Technician's Forum: For Piano Tuner-Technicians and for posting technical questions.
* Digital Pianos - Synths & Keyboards: For discussing Digital Pianos and Synthesizers.
* Forum Members Tours, Parties, Cruises, & Meetings: For organizing get together's, forum member tours, cruises, parties, etc.

This article by Janice Saffir, MMTA Music Technology Co-Chair, is from the Fall 2005 issue of MMTA Notes

posted by Brent Hugh at 10/09/2005
permanent link to article: Web Sites for Piano Teachers

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