Developing Musical Skills in Young Pianists: Ideas from Music Learning Theory (from The Beginner Course)

Developing Musical Skills in Young Pianists: Ideas from Music Learning Theory offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching of musical skills to young beginning piano students, with a special focus on the principles of Edwin Gordon.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from The Beginner Course: Establishing Strong Foundations for Young Pianists, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full course is available in self-guided and facilitated versions at https://www.claviercompanion.com/courses

This is is a self-guided micro-course. Quizzes will provide immediate feedback upon submission. Reflection questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

• Audiation Games
• Video demonstration to provide basic activities for developing musical skills
• Musical Skills and Development
• Understand musical skills and development in young children