Teaching Materials | Piano & Keyboard

Edexcel AoS1: an active learning approach to Bach

Edexcel GCSE music requires students to study eight set works, the first of which is the third movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. This resource will look at some different strategies for...

KS 4

Dealing effectively with parents

Establish a clear line of communication
When you take on a new student, it's essential to get off on the right foot: introduce yourself to parents or carers, either through a phone call or email. It's...

Extra-curricular music

Practice techniques

There’s so much that could be explored around the theme of practising, and it would be impossible to cover all of it in a single resource. Therefore, this resource is focused around particular...

Extra-curricular music

Teaching piano to young beginners

This resource focuses primarily on teaching piano to younger beginners. It explores the right time to start learning an instrument, teaching notation and rhythm, forming a sound technical basis,...

Extra-curricular music

Starting out as a peripatetic piano teacher

This resource is intended to offer ideas about how to manage the transition from study to peripatetic teaching.

Extra-curricular music

Maintaining classroom instruments

Music departments tend to be full of ‘stuff’ – chances are, the more music there is happening in the school, the more equipment there is. Looking after all of this equipment is likely to fall to...

Secondary education

Edexcel AoS2: Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (first movement)

The G minor Piano Trio is undoubtedly one of Clara Schumann's best-known compositions, and a fine example of Romantic chamber music. This resource covers the essential musical features of the work, as...

Secondary education

OCR AS: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466, first movement

This resource is the last in a three–part series to support the teaching of the three new OCR AS Prescribed Orchestral Scores in Unit G353: Introduction to Historical Study in Music, for examination...

Secondary education