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Key Notes, Creative Steps to Piano Success.(Book review)
* Key Notes, Creative Steps to Piano Success, by Barbara Wing. American Literary Press (8019 Belair Rd., Ste. 10, Baltimore, MD 21236), 2006. 92 pp. $12.95.
The collected thoughts and wisdom of an experienced, creative and insightful teacher have been gathered in this charming short book for teachers new and experienced.
The first chapter advocates building students' listening skills by having them learn by ear from the beginning of piano study, developing skills in rhythmic and intervallic reading independently. (The author invites the reader to examine her self-published collections of by-ear pieces and of rhythm and reading exercises, published separately.) Another chapter poses a useful and rich list of questions for students to use for evaluating and directing their own practice. The chapter "Developmental Barriers to Learning" offers advice for dealing with common student difficulties, including short attention span, over-dependence on the teacher, impatience, fear of failure and so forth. This advice is especially helpful for developing lesson plans that involve students in many different ways and that accommodate varying learning styles and personality types. Another chapter suggests productive lesson activities for times when a student has not practiced; yet another gives ideas for creating a "story recital," exploring musical meaning and building students' creativity and imagination.
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