Piano Pedagogues

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Rote Repertoire – teaching a healthy technique and reading at the same time

Rote Repertoire – teaching a healthy technique and reading at the same time

Establishing a healthy technique in our students is a vital part of our teaching right from the earliest lessons. We have all experienced how much easier it is to create good habits in the beginning than it is to break bad habits later. Teaching our students to read notation is another important facet of lessons. There is a huge amount of information for students to decode on the page: which hand plays what, the pitch, duration and register of the notes, articulation, dynamic

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Rote Repertoire – teaching a healthy technique and reading at the same time

Rote Repertoire – teaching a healthy technique and reading at the same time

Setting up for Skype Lessons

Setting up for Skype Lessons

Applying Taubman principles in early-intermediate repertoire - Kabalevsky op 27

Applying Taubman principles in early-intermediate repertoire - Kabalevsky op 27

About Piano Pedagogues

Piano Pedagogues is the premier place where pianists and their teachers come to find resources and solutions on all things to do with piano pedagogy. Both Brenda Hunting and Anthony van den Broek are certified teachers of the Taubman Approach.

On this site, you will find:

resources to help create a healthy, fluent technique
solutions to difficult passages in the repertoire
articles and commentary on performance practice of previous musical eras
solutions to pain, injury, technical or musical limitations
resources to help you run a successful piano teaching business
a place where you can ask piano-related questions
and much more...

Together, Brenda Hunting and Anthony van den Broek share their decades of experience training pianists and piano teachers in pursuit of ease, virtuosity, outstanding musicianship and a life-long love of playing the piano.

We look forward to you exploring the blog, reading articles, asking questions, utilising our teaching resources and benefiting from our years of teaching and performing experience. Enjoy!

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