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megustaelpiano.com is a blog devoted to piano education for children. Here you will find resources for your classes, book reviews and more ideas for teaching piano. Whether you are a piano teacher or you are just interested in learning more about the world of piano education I hope you will find useful information here. Feel free to contact me with any question or suggestion you may have.
Best 10 Piano Teaching Resources 2016
The end of the year is already here. This is a good time to look back and see which of the ideas and resources I have found throughout 2016 are working better in my classes. I've crafted a list with things I've found and used, though most of them have not necessarily...
40 Piece Challenge
The traditional way of studying piano in Spain, and to my knowledge in many other countries in the world, has been based on the choice of a repertory of two, three or four pieces per school term and the necessary practice to improve its playing technically and...
Do you know Paul Sheftel?
Paul Sheftel is an American pianist, teacher and composer. He has published a lot of collections of piano pieces for piano students. Sheftel is also a pioneer in the creation of instructional materials using MIDI technology, some of his collection of pieces go with...
Piano Etudes: Piano Train Trips
Today's post is devoted to the launch of my first book!!. In early July, I published in my blog the Piano Train Trips book in downloadable PDF version. Due to the good reception that the book is having, I have decided to release Piano Train Trips in print version and...
Piano Repertoire: Elissa Milne
After a holiday break time I return to my blog with a post about a composer that I love, Elissa Milne. Born in Australia, where she developes her professional work, this composer and pedagogue maintains an active commitment in all aspects of teaching piano....
Sheet music giveaway: 5 Piano Train Trips pieces for free
¡FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ONLY WE’RE GIVING AWAY 4 PIANO TRAIN TRIPS ETUDES AND 1 EXERCISE!
Now you can download five pieces for free in a pack that includes both sheet music and audio files. To download it you just have to share it to unlock the link. Enjoy!
Piano technique for children: Firm Fingertips
The way of playing the piano in the different schools of playing differ in some aspects such as the position of hands, fingers, the use of arms and many others. But one of the few aspects in which all teachers and pianists seem to agree is using fingertips in a firm...
Piano repertoire: easy piano etudes
On this week, I will talk about several easy piano etudes and exercises for piano. I won't be talking about the too well known pieces by Czerny or Berens but about more modern books on piano exercises that contain easy piano etudes that students can easily practise...