And even if you are a trained pianist and good sightreader, how do you play for the students who sing contemporary commercial music, pop or rock songs when the printed music bears no resemblance to the way it's played by the band? How do you translate those scores onto the piano?
If you want to feel more confident in your lessons, support your student without losing your focus as a teacher, and even learn some of the piano tricks that the great accompanists use... then this ebook is for you.
How To Accompany Your Singing Students is a guide to help you to use the instrument to provide accompaniment and learning support for the singers in your teaching studio, whatever your level of experience. Even if you're a terrible pianist.
In this Amazon Kindle exclusive ebook, expert teachers Anne Leatherland and Jeremy Fisher cover how to support your students when they're singing exercises or songs.
As a special bonus, we'll also reveal how piano 'noodling' can help you play thousands of pop songs easily.
Here's just a sample of the answers, hints and tips Anne Leatherland and Jeremy Fisher share:
What a singing teacher needs
Should I take piano lessons?
What to focus on if you're not a great pianist
What to play and what to leave out
What your student actually needs from you
What sequence you can use to teach my student melody and rhythm
Finding the most-used chords
Getting the Groove
Piano noodling
Four different patterns you can use to accompany thousands of pop songs
To play or not to play the melody
Advice on playing the piano for aural skills and sight reading
Accompanying vocal exercises
Techie stuff - the pros and cons of a digital pianos, backing tracks, midi files and apps, and how to use them efficiently
Resources section including the most useful apps, backing track sites, contemporary Musical Theatre sites and further reading