Quick Video: Making scales fun with DecideNow!

by Tim Topham in Creativity on June 12, 2014. 1 Comment

Spin the wheel!

I’ve recently been having fun with my students using a nifty little app called DecideNow.

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I posted about it a while ago on my Facebook page, but thought a quick little 2-minute video might be the best way to explain how I actually use it in my studio.

Have fun with it and let me know what you use it for in your teaching.

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Tim Topham

Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, blogs regularly at topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as integrated teaching, creativity, business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Tim has been featured in American Music Teacher, The Piano Teacher Magazine, California Music Teacher and EPTA Piano Professional. Tim holds an MBA in Educational Leadership, BMus, DipEd and AMusA.

1 Comment

Natalie Gibson Grimes says:

06/17/2014 at 7:19 am

I am so glad to know about this app! So many possible uses in the teaching studio. Thanks for the demo!

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