Fourth Finger on Bb: Effective Strategies for Teaching Piano

Fourth Finger on B-flat: Effective Strategies for Teaching Piano presents real-world solutions and teaching approaches that piano teachers can readily use in their studios. This user-friendly and personable text incorporates the basics of establishing a studio and then moves on to discussions of how students musically develop and learn, using ideas from educational psychology. The book includes: Specific ideas to use for your first interview/audition with a student A comprehensive overview of musical development Guidelines for teaching students with special needs, talented, ADHD Unique musical ways of knowing 10 easy steps to Musical Problem-Solving Teaching strategies to mesh with different learning styles Idea to organize a systematic approach to scale and technical development Practice techniques that include student self-assessment Creative projects for the studio.