My Piano Journey

11.22.2022

🏘 Free Printable: Harmony Street

Jenny Melton November 22, 2022 0 Comments

What is Harmony Street?Harmony Street is a fun visual and introduction in the form of an analogy for explaining scale degrees, chords in solfège, quality, cadences, and chord functions in a diatonic major scale to young students. My goal is to provide an early understanding of chord relationships to preparatory level...

11.18.2022

📑 Free: Piano Lesson Notes Email Template

Jenny Melton November 18, 2022 0 Comments

This is my typical email template for weekly piano lesson notes. I add and subtract categories as needed. For kids, I really enjoy finding matching emojis for each song. I prepare my notes ahead of time based on my lesson plan to save time after the lesson. If the lesson goes differently than I planned, I will make a note...

11.15.2022

📋 How to Get a Chicago Home-Based Business License

Jenny Melton November 15, 2022 0 Comments

When I applied for my Chicago business license, I had no idea what I was doing. Zoning laws differ in every locale and vary in restrictiveness, and Chicago is very strict. The city says that everyone conducting business in the city must have a business license, so that means independent music teachers teaching out...

11.11.2022

📕 Why I Stopped Teaching Music for Little Mozarts to Preschool Students: A Detailed Review of Level 1

Jenny Melton November 11, 2022 0 Comments

According to the Foreword of the music lesson book, Music for Little Mozarts "was designed to provide a balance between the discipline necessary for playing the [piano] and the enjoyment one gets from the process of music-making" (p. 2). The FAQ on Alfred.com says, "When a student completes Level 4 of Music for Little...

11.07.2022

📕 The Best Preschool Piano Method to Engage Young Students: My First Piano Adventure Level A

Jenny Melton November 07, 2022 0 Comments

When I first showed my daughter the My First Piano Adventure series, her eyes lit up. Illustrated with vivid colors and original characters, this method journeys to take the Piano Adventures curriculum to a younger audience. To intentionally enter into a child's imagination, the Fabers adopted the ACE instructional...

10.27.2022

🏅Top 5 Prizes for Young Piano Students (and Young at Heart)

Jenny Melton October 27, 2022 0 Comments

As a middle schooler, I remember being so excited when my piano teacher, Billie, pulled out her sticker collection. She had made a scale chart with magic marker and as I learned my scales and increased the octaves, I got to pick a sticker to add to the grid. As I learned pieces, I would also put a sticker on the page to...

8.27.2022

💡Aha Moments - What is talent?

Jenny Melton August 27, 2022 0 Comments

“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.” - Bob RossLately, I've been thinking about what is talent? I've heard from family members, teachers, and peers that I'm talented at the piano. Sometimes this is followed by a self-deprecating comment; that they could never play like me....

8.17.2022

🧭 My Piano Journey: How I Started Playing Piano - Part 1

Jenny Melton August 17, 2022 1 Comments

Part 1 (You Are Here) - Side Quest - Part 2 This is my personal story of how I started playing the piano. Part 1 starts when I was 9 years old and ends when I was 14 years old. I hope you enjoy! EmbarkingI hopped in my mom’s van after swimming lessons, tired and wet, wrapped in my beach towel. “I did it!” she...

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11.22.2022

🏘 Free Printable: Harmony Street

11.18.2022

📑 Free: Piano Lesson Notes Email Template

11.15.2022

📋 How to Get a Chicago Home-Based Business License

11.11.2022

📕 Why I Stopped Teaching Music for Little Mozarts to Preschool Students: A Detailed Review of Level 1

11.07.2022

📕 The Best Preschool Piano Method to Engage Young Students: My First Piano Adventure Level A

10.27.2022

🏅Top 5 Prizes for Young Piano Students (and Young at Heart)

8.27.2022

💡Aha Moments - What is talent?

8.17.2022

🧭 My Piano Journey: How I Started Playing Piano - Part 1

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