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“I had my first No Book Beginner lesson yesterday. I was terrified! But everything just flowed. Amazing! I am now rethinking every student’s lesson to incorporate all I’ve learned so far. I love your site and all the wonderful information I am learning. I’m even…
Lisa Higginbotham
I love your website and am learning sooooooooooooo much. It’s full of creative ideas and my students are loving it. I am still feeling overwhelmed, though because there is more information here than I can absorb and I want to do everything. I am trying…
Cheryl Kowalewski
I love the piano composition community I’m part of. I never would have found TopMusic Marketplace without Darren Day Piano, and I wouldn’t have known that one of my Christmas arrangements was featured this morning! Congrats to Darren, and thanks to TopMusic for all the…
Amy King
As a piano teacher, keeping up to speed with new composers and new teaching ideas and methods is made easier through being part of a larger teaching community. Today I was able to catch up on binding my TopMusicSheets which come out each month as…
Vanessa Munns
It’s a great course [4 Chord Composing]. I usually go through the Circle of 5ths with my students for triads, key signatures & finding the ‘next scale’ . Now with your structured course I can introduce so much more!
Debbie
Get the professional plan, best money you will ever invest. And I am really fussy!
Sofie Arhontoulis
“I had my first No Book Beginner lesson yesterday. I was terrified! But everything just flowed. Amazing! I am now rethinking every student’s lesson to incorporate all I’ve learned so far. I love your site and all the wonderful information I am learning. I’m even…
Lisa Higginbotham
I love your website and am learning sooooooooooooo much. It’s full of creative ideas and my students are loving it. I am still feeling overwhelmed, though because there is more information here than I can absorb and I want to do everything. I am trying…
Cheryl Kowalewski
I love the piano composition community I’m part of. I never would have found TopMusic Marketplace without Darren Day Piano, and I wouldn’t have known that one of my Christmas arrangements was featured this morning! Congrats to Darren, and thanks to TopMusic for all the…
Amy King
As a piano teacher, keeping up to speed with new composers and new teaching ideas and methods is made easier through being part of a larger teaching community. Today I was able to catch up on binding my TopMusicSheets which come out each month as…
Vanessa Munns
It’s a great course [4 Chord Composing]. I usually go through the Circle of 5ths with my students for triads, key signatures & finding the ‘next scale’ . Now with your structured course I can introduce so much more!
Debbie
Get the professional plan, best money you will ever invest. And I am really fussy!
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Your course simplified and energized how to approach my desire to tap into my students’ creativity. I’m SO excited about this new endeavor! I’m actually preparing my younger students for starting this unit in their studies by working with improvisation and fun scale and chord…
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Hi just completed my challenge of teaching without music today, and challenged my students to improvise during it. One student said “I need the notes to know what to play” so it took a bit to convince her to try – which she did but…
Vanessa
The TopMusicSheets pieces are beautiful! I like the addition of the levels!
Mary Ashenden
Am pleased to report that my 7yr old student loves improvising with the No Book Beginners Course accompaniments! And thanks for all the tips on how to make lessons more fun! Cheers, Debbie
Debbie Chung
Grant Arnold’s collection is appealing, falls under the hands in a pianistic way, has rhythms which are good for discussion, basic chord structures to analyse and the kids across all ages enjoy them.
Robyn Egan
Hi Tim, I feel like wine is appropriate to mark this occasion lol – I will grab a glass. Since joining I’ve become a much more versatile and fearless teacher. With you and your team the sky’s the limit as to what I can accomplish!…
Judith Haney
Your course simplified and energized how to approach my desire to tap into my students’ creativity. I’m SO excited about this new endeavor! I’m actually preparing my younger students for starting this unit in their studies by working with improvisation and fun scale and chord…
Mindy Andes
Hi just completed my challenge of teaching without music today, and challenged my students to improvise during it. One student said “I need the notes to know what to play” so it took a bit to convince her to try – which she did but…
Vanessa
The TopMusicSheets pieces are beautiful! I like the addition of the levels!
Mary Ashenden
Am pleased to report that my 7yr old student loves improvising with the No Book Beginners Course accompaniments! And thanks for all the tips on how to make lessons more fun! Cheers, Debbie
Debbie Chung
Grant Arnold’s collection is appealing, falls under the hands in a pianistic way, has rhythms which are good for discussion, basic chord structures to analyse and the kids across all ages enjoy them.
Robyn Egan
Hi Tim, I feel like wine is appropriate to mark this occasion lol – I will grab a glass. Since joining I’ve become a much more versatile and fearless teacher. With you and your team the sky’s the limit as to what I can accomplish!…
Judith Haney
Your course simplified and energized how to approach my desire to tap into my students’ creativity. I’m SO excited about this new endeavor! I’m actually preparing my younger students for starting this unit in their studies by working with improvisation and fun scale and chord…
Mindy Andes
Hi just completed my challenge of teaching without music today, and challenged my students to improvise during it. One student said “I need the notes to know what to play” so it took a bit to convince her to try – which she did but…
Vanessa
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