I've been studying a book by James W. Bastien called How to Teach Piano Successfully. Now I've been teaching piano a loooong time but I'm learning a lot.
One thing that I learned today that I will be incorporating into my teaching is the use of flashcards--not only for learning notes and musical symbols, but also for learning how to sight read.
I like the idea of showing a student a short musical phrase and having him identify the pattern/inversions/chords/fingering/etc. etc.
It seems like musical phrase flashcards are a great stepping stone to eventually sitting down a sight reading a complete piece of music.
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