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When colleagues ask me what theory books I use in my studio, my answer is the Alfred's  Essentials of Music Theory  as my theory course....

We used a new tool at group class -- the color spinning wheel. We called it the "Wheel of Music." The Wheel of Music For a ...

Smashing tomatoes? No we are not going to talk about a crazy rock band, a newfangled way of making tomato sauce, or a technique to dice toma...

Scales are an important part of a musician's diet. We need to do them every day, and we never quite perfect them. When we are familiar w...

The Hidden Teaching Points: the Road to a Deeper Teaching Relationship Written by Paula E. Bird,  ©2014 I would like to warn my readers ...

That pesky thumb! Which way should it go? Well, which thumb are we talking about? Because, both thumbs have different roles and different ...

Written by Paula E. Bird ©2013 Recently, a few of my parents and students got excited about making their own set of study cards. I provided...

written by Paula E. Bird, ©2013 I have been teaching a long time, and although I had definite lesson plans in my earlier years, now I find...

The first lessons of a new month occur next week as we head into October. So I hearby declare that next week is Twinkles Week. I ask all o...

I am a choleric personality style. If you want to understand what this means, check out my previous articles about this topic: Who's...

Recently a reader (thanks, Ann!) commented with this question: " Why does the Suzuki method teach Twinkle with the various rhythms...