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A quick checklist of things to do, buy, learn and decide before your child has their very first piano lesson.

2 hours? 4 hours? 8 hours? 12 hours? How much is enough? Is there such a thing as practicing too much? Is there an optimal number of hours that one should practice?

What is The Achievement Program? The Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program provides a recognized national standard of musical success through an effectively sequenced course of study from beginner to advanced levels. The Achievement Program inspires excellence through individual student assessments and allows students to celebrate accomplishment and track their progress with others across the country. It also supports teachers with high-quality and innovative resources. All students deserve the opportunity to celebrate their musical achievements nationally. Join the growing community of teachers, students, and families who are discovering the benefits of The Achievement Program as it enriches their lives!

Tim & Ryan O'Neill, nationally known recording artists from New Prague, MN, have released over 35 CDs of piano music in their relaxing, signature style. The O???Neill Brothers have sold over two million CDs and currently sell over 250,000 song downloads every month. Tim and Ryan have performed for several governors, US Presidents and have toured with pop superstar Deborah Gibson, as well as Katie McMahon, the original voice of Riverdance.

Western music originated as folk music traditions of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, composed by people who settled and worked in both the western part of Canada and the United States. Western music celebrates the life of the cowboy on the open ranges and prairies of the United States. Mexican music also had an impact of the beginnings of this genre. The composers listed below will give you a better resource on how the development of western music took place. Some of these composers' careers extended beyond the general historical periods they're listed under.

Musicards is an ever-growing collection of highly-customizable online music theory flash cards. These music flashcards can be used by beginning music students who are becoming acquainted with key music rudiments, all the way up to intermediate and advanced students who wish to fill in gaps here and there or increase fluency with existing knowledge.

This is the companion website for Fundamentals for the Aspiring Musician, a complete, integrated learning resource covering the essential foundations of music. Rather than using separate recording sets or software programs, it integrates a textbook with an interactive, electronic version on CD-ROM, which enables students and instructors to listen to musical examples and review definitions.

Carnegie Hall website. Learn about sound, music notation, text, and instruments in a fun, interactive exploration of musical repertoire. Designed primarily for those aged 6-12

1103 Free piano scores online! All scores are in the public domain worldwide, you are free to use, print and redistribute as you wish .... No legal restriction on use. For more informations see: > Public Domain

The portal page of the International Music Score Library Project. We at the IMSLP believe that music should be something that is easily accessible for everyone. For this purpose we have created a music library to provide music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access, with several other projects in planning.

Free Piano Sheet Music, and more...

OnlinePianist is the only animated online piano tutorial. Here you can find the biggest collection of free piano lessons. Our unique player enables its users to fully control over their learning experience, on their own time and progress. The site includes free piano sheet music and notes, piano chords table, lyrics and hundreds of piano songs.

OnlinePianist is the only animated online piano tutorial. Here you can find the biggest collection of free piano lessons. Our unique player enables its users to fully control over their learning experience, on their own time and progress. The site includes free piano sheet music and notes, piano chords table, lyrics and hundreds of piano songs.

Treasures for Piano, a project of the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program at the University of Michigan is a repertoire guide for piano teachers originally created by Ann Bader who took great care to research the various ways that teaching repertoire has been assigned levels. She donated her original site, www.treasuresforpiano.com, to the University of Michigan so that the pedagogy program here would continue developing this guide and keep it available. Marvin Blickenstaff states: "Through the charts and lists she has graded pieces carefully and has notated all of the answers to our questions. Where can I find the piece? What are the technical challenges? Where can I find more repertoire at this level in 6/8, or with dotted rhythms, or with LH melodies? Is this book an "urtext" edition, or does it have editorial suggestions? Is there information about the composer?"

The Minnesota Music Teachers Association, founded in 1901, is a professional non-profit educational organization and is affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association, founded in 1876. Our mission is to advance the profession of music teaching through education, certification, networking, and advocacy. MMTA members are committed to the highest standards of music teaching and are dedicated to upholding and improving the standards of all music education in Minnesota. Anyone who is currently active in teaching music is welcome to join MMTA.

Ultimate Music Theory Ltd. is dedicated to providing the best quality educational materials related to the study of music theory. The Ultimate Music Theory Series brings music theory education to students, teachers and schools, by blending the pleasure of learning with sound instruction and raising the awareness and understanding of the role that music plays in overall education and quality of life worldwide.

Founded: 1876 by Theodore Presser and sixty-two colleagues in Delaware, Ohio. The mission of Music Teachers National Association is to advance the value of music study and music making to society and to support the professionalism of music teachers.

YES! It's back! A collection of studio polices, parent letters, game and camp ideas, website listings and other great stuff gleaned from the great international group of piano teachers participating in the Pno-Ped-L. Ideas here are meant to be shared, so adopt what you like for use in your own studio.

Ricci Adams' theory practice website, containing lessons, trainers, and utilities.

A community of students, teachers and parents who know that learning can be fun ... that playing games is a great way to learn the basics of music. This website contains hundreds of learning games of varying levels, all carefully planned to gain mastery of the elements of music theory, ear training and rhythmic skills in an exciting, challenging environment.

Free Piano Sheet Music, Lessons & Resources

In the upper right hand corner of this site find an inflation calculator. "If in (year), I bought goods or services for $______, then in (year), the same goods or services would cost $_____. Very helpful for determining a cost of living + tuition increase.

Online publication of the Keyboard Companion magazine.

Great resource for numerous articles on piano pedagogy, business practices, copyright, information for parents and students, questions and answers, and studio humor.

Teaching the Adult Student

Step-by-Step Plans, Tips on How to Be Creative, and See-it-in-Action Videos

Approximately 600 pages of information for teachers and students.

Articles on Various Aspects of Piano Pedagogy

Ideas and resources for great music lessons.

Dr. Jason Sifford writes on the Odds and Ends of Pedagogy and other thoughts on piano teaching.

Our Mission: Any child who has musical potential deserves the opportunity to nurture this talent to its full extent. Many children lack the chance to receive specialized music instruction due to financial need. The MusicLink

Music Teacher Resources including piano and violin

The Piano Club discussion forum of Nancy and Randall Faber's pianoadventures.com

An internet gathering of piano teachers who are interested in becoming better teachers by learning from and sharing with others in their field.