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Beethoven As An Icebreaker?

Gail Fischler Beethoven As An Icebreaker?2020-09-04T13:54:58-07:00 Kick It Up
Do you teach classes or small groups as a part of your studio or music center curriculum? I do. One of the toughest parts of my year is sizing up…
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Skills

Take that Trouble Spot Out of the Box

Gail Fischler Take that Trouble Spot Out of the Box2020-03-02T17:36:20-07:00 Skills
In a perfect world we would all be perfectly prepared to tackle a piece before we ever attempted to learn it. Spoiler alert! The world is rarely perfect and neither…
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Skills

When Being a Contrary Pianist is a Good Thing

Gail Fischler When Being a Contrary Pianist is a Good Thing2019-09-19T14:07:35-07:00 Skills
Do you have contrary elementary level students? I do. I encourage them. It’s not what you think. Contrary motion at the piano trains the ear to perceive 2 voices moving…
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Great Finds

Baroque Dolphins vs. Sharks

Gail Fischler Baroque Dolphins vs. Sharks2019-08-27T15:59:52-07:00 Great Finds
My 7 year old student, Gini, grinned at me as she neared the end of Dolphins Play Everyday. She suddenly played a huge handful of low bass keys and wiggled…
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The Anti-Masterclass: Refresh

Gail Fischler The Anti-Masterclass: Refresh2019-05-18T12:17:35-07:00 The Creative Side
Antimatter: Any substance that, when combined with an equal amount of matter, results in the complete and direct conversion of all substance to energy. ()Anti-Masterclass: Any masterclass that, when combined…
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Vintage PA: My Dog Ate My Minuet

Gail Fischler Vintage PA: My Dog Ate My Minuet2019-05-16T12:51:49-07:00 The Creative Side
The first time I ever worked on a Bach dance movement I felt like I had encountered an alien landscape. I had grown up on Bach chorales but somehow those…
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So Bad It’s Good

Gail Fischler So Bad It’s Good2019-02-06T14:06:32-07:00 The Creative Side
You all know I'm all about reverse thinking and using what something isn't to shine a light on what it actually is. I learned something new about this last week…
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When Tigger is Feeling Bouncy at Piano Lessons

Gail Fischler When Tigger is Feeling Bouncy at Piano Lessons2018-08-16T15:37:01-07:00 Pedagogy
As two grinning young people blasted through my door and ricocheted off the walls, I thought that, like Tigger, they were “feeling bouncy today.” So, what do you do when…
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