
Christmas Piano Lead Sheets for Beginners: A Better Way to Teach Holiday Songs
Looking for Christmas piano music that’s easy enough for your beginning students but still sounds like the holiday songs they know and love? Christmas piano
A Better Fit for Older Beginners? Inside the Chord First Piano Method
If you’ve ever taught a teen or adult beginner and thought, I wish there were another option besides putting them straight into a traditional beginner
Fall Music Worksheets for Piano Students [Free Printable PDF]
Looking for some fun fall music worksheets to reinforce music theory concepts with your piano students? Whether you’re working with young beginners who are still

How to Teach Lead Sheets to Piano Students
Many piano students spend years learning to play exactly what’s written on the page, but real-world musicians often do much more than that. They improvise,

Fun Piano Interval Activities for the First Weeks of Lessons
Every piano teacher knows the feeling. A student returns after summer break and sits down at the piano ready to play. They remember where Middle

Student-Led Piano Lessons: Why Flexible Teaching Creates Better Musicians
As piano teachers, we often talk about finding the “right” curriculum, method book, pacing, or teaching style. But lately, I’ve been thinking about something different:

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and I'm The Tattooed Piano Teacher. I've been around the block and learned a few things about starting a piano lesson studio and piano teacher-ing in general. I'm here to share what I know and find likeminded, amazing piano teachers out there [and future piano teachers].