Kids practice more often when they take ownership of their learning. Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune begins with two pages of getting ready, warm-up exercises that students should perform at the beginning of every practice session to boost note-reading skills, coordination, and finger strength. These activity pages include sight-reading exercises, rhythm activities, note reading games, note printing exercises, a timed test, and a Color-It Note Reading Mystery Picture. Interspersed throughout the book are activity pages to supplement the music. The imaginative illustrations and loveable lyrics that accompany the pieces tell a laugh-out-loud tale. Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune contains eight pieces for mid-primer piano students (seven solos, and a teacher/student duet). To check out a visual preview, scroll past the cover. If you can’t wait to get your hands on Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune, click here or on the cover below. When piano students play from any book in Andrea and Trevor Dow’s Very Useful Piano Library problems with piano practice are a thing of the past. Because the songs in Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune tell the story of a loveable hamster’s quest, kids are desperate to keep playing and see how the story unfolds. The biggest challenge a piano teacher faces is encouraging students to practice consistently. Like all of the resources in Andrea and Trevor Dow’s Very Useful Piano Library, Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune has an engaging, laugh-out-loud storyline.Īnd it is this story-based approach that is the secret sauce in these incredible resources. In today’s post, we are going to “burrow” down deep into this book with a visual preview of the excitement that is inside. With a focus on playing with stepping notes (only) in middle C position, the songs and activities in Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune are powerful learning tools and… downright adorable! If you teach students who are transitioning from early to mid-primer piano material, this book is the perfect bridge. It is available here on Amazon right now. Today, we are excited to let you know that Hildegard Needs A Happy Tune, V. On Saturday we announced the upcoming release of the next book in Andrea and Trevor Dow’s Very Useful Piano Library.
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