Wishing you all a very peaceful and happy holiday season and a Happy New Year for 2024! Thank you for your support of Learnatune this year and I’m looking forward to bringing you more games based resources in the new year. This year has certainly been busy with the release of several newly published books…
PRIMER LEVEL It’s the night of his big piano concert and Henry is late! The traffic is terrible so he orders a pizza to be delivered to his dressing room … but when Henry gets there, all that’s left is the empty box! SUSAN’S BOOKS REVIEWS An incredibly fun book. I have about 15 students…
This music theory game has been very competitive among the students in my studio and a lot of fun! Teacher plays against student in a battle to sow the most crops, but whoever find that pesky snail puts their win in jeopardy! Veggie Wars is part of a collection of customisable online rhythm games. The…
The other day I was in the middle of a piano lesson with Ella when she suddenly stopped, looked puzzled, and pointed to her new piece of music exclaiming, “what does that mean?”. At the top of the page was a new music tempo term we hadn’t met before. We spent a bit of time…
When I first started teaching I had a student called Daniel. If I’m honest he wasn’t particularly passionate about piano and was only really doing it because his parents wanted him to. We got on well and always had a good lesson but I knew he would much rather have been playing football. In those…
In this mornings piano lesson with Jack, he was having trouble with the left hand piano notes B, A and G. I asked, “name that note?”, and he replied “erm … is it G?”. When I said to try again, he guessed, “ok … it must be A!”. Smiling at the enthusiasm he put into…
Emily collapsed theatrically onto the piano stool and we both giggled! “Tiring day?”, I enquired and nodding her head she proceeded to tell me all about her maths test and that PE had been “awful” as the teacher made them run around the field “ten times!”. Making sympathetic noises, I realised the lesson would be…
Put your detective skills to the test in this grade 5 music theory game and stop Reg from robbing the museum! Wouldn’t it be great if you could revise for your grade 5 theory exam but make it fun at the same time? Heist is an online card game which helps you practice questions relating…
There are so many ways to play with dice in a music lesson! Just recently I have been using Google Dice which is a really handy tool, but I always have a real dice next to the piano to add some extra fun to learning. Here are some of the ways I use them: I’d…
Alien Eric spends his days floating around the Tempo Galaxy, collecting spaceships and boasting how many he has. His latest pride and joy is the ‘Crescendo 5000’, the fastest ship in the galaxy! Alien Eric might have an amazing collection of spaceships, but he is also great for helping with note reading. His game is…
I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. Nat King Cole What a fantastic quote! Once upon a time, I was preparing a student for her exam! Everything was in place. All the notes and rhythms were correct but there was something missing. So…
In an ideal world every student that walks through the music room door would be enthusiastic to learn, ready to fully listen, and engage 100% with the lesson. Sometimes though, they arrive after a full day of school or work and might be tired out or have had a bad day. Even though you try…
