Musical Mediums for Piano Lessons: Glockenspiel, Boomwhackers, Tabletop Rubber Piano, Piano Mat
Glockenspiel Hi All! I like to add other mediums to my piano program that make the lessons even more fun and engaging for my kiddos! See this glockenspiel? I have my beginner students play their Middle C and C Position songs on it. Now we don't use the mallets as they are traditionally intended to be used and I let them know this before they begin playing. I use this instrument for the purpose of reinforcing piano concepts. I have my students use their right hand mallet to play treble clef notes and their left hand mallet to play bass clef notes. This is so good for reinforcing things like note identification and location, being aware of which hand to use based on the clef sign, the dynamics, and the direction in which the notes go (either up or down). They LOVE using different musical mediums to play their songs but there's so much more you can do with them. How about having your students play their songs or parts of their lesson songs in this flat tabletop piano? This o