How To Add A Grand Staff In Musescore

A couple of weeks ago, I joined a few piano instructor friends to virtually nourish the 2022 MTNA Virtual National Briefing from March 26-30, 2022. Although I definitely prefer in-person conferences over virtual conferences, I have to say that joining up with some buddies to lookout man the sessions together was a actually splendid 2d option!

My friend Amy Chaplin (of PianoPantry.com) was kind enough to offering to host us in her dwelling…and even cook for us! The balance of our crew included Christina Whitlock (of The Beyond Mensurate podcast) and Janna Williamson (intermediate repertoire guru offering a fantastic YouTube channel for pianoforte teachers).

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I've recently had ii questions from fellow piano teachers come through my "Ask Me Annihilation" form asking for advice regarding music notation software. Thinking there might be others of y'all out there wondering about the same thing, I thought I would publish my answer in today'south blog post!

Introduction

One time upon a time, the two primary options for music notation software were Finale and Sibelius — plus a costless open up-source software called Musescore. Nowadays, we as well accept online-based software too as apps for phones/tablets to consider.

While I can't claim to be familiar with ALL of the options bachelor today (especially the diversity of apps out at that place), I am happy to share my experience and personal recommendations below. If you accept boosted recommendations, I promise you'll share them with the states in the annotate section of this weblog post!

Permit'south go into it. I'll start past recommending what I consider to be good starting points for students or teachers who are newly interested in composition and/or music annotation software. So, I'll get into what I recommend for serious or experienced composers who wish to invest in professional-grade software.

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Aria'southward shirt bears the latest news effectually here: we are expecting baby #2! It's some other daughter, and the due date is early September. <3

We're thankful for this gift! And I'k feeling happy to movement beyond the get-go trimester symptoms (for me, fatigue and nausea)! 🙂

I had originally been planning to offer a session of my online class for pianoforte teachers, Excellence in Piano Instruction, this summertime (run into establish.joymorin.com), but I've decided to put this on hold for now until after baby. Sorry to anyone who was hoping to take it this year! If you're on my email listing, you'll exist certain to receive any updates about when the next offer will exist.

Despite dealing with first trimester symptoms, I've tried to prioritize keeping upwardly work on a particularly heady projection which I promise to exist able to share more than about in the upcoming months. I won't say more at this point, just I promise your marvel is piqued and you lot'll stay tuned! 😉

In the meantime, I'll still exist blogging hither-and-there. I also invite you to follow forth with my occasional personal updates and everyday photos Hither on Instagram!

Cheers for reading!

It's time to announce the thirteen randomly-selected winners of our giveaway celebrating ColorInMyPiano.com's 13th birthday. Congrats goes to Benjamin, Phyllis, Lynn, Emily, Karen, Lori, Debbie, Susan, Naomi, Renee, Elizabeth, and Valerie! Winners, please check your inbox for an email from me.

Everyone else — thank you so much for entering and Give thanks Yous for the thoughtful comments! It made me smile to hear about which resource accept been your favorites over the past few years.

Hither'southward hoping to many more years talking almost piano teaching here at ColorInMyPiano.com!

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Just a friendly reminder to enter the giveaway before time runs out! As role of our celebration of ColorInMyPiano.com turning thirteen, YOU could win any item of your pick from my store. 13 winners will be randomly selected on Monday, March vii, 2022 — so enter now!

What could you potentially win? Well, hither'due south a quick highlight in photo form:

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Hello friends,

Gauge what: Today, February 28, 2022, marks thethirteen-twelvemonth anniversary of Colour In My Piano. It's hard to believe this blog has been around for that long!

Every bit is tradition as role of our blogiversary commemoration, I usually share a piffling bit about myself and the origin story behind ColorInMyPiano. I'm not ane to talk about myself a lot, but I do like history and I practise similar my readers to know the story behind my blog'due south name, for example! And every bit usual, I'one thousand besides running my annual twenty% off auction (applies to EVERYTHING in my store), and finally, a large giveaway. Keep reading to detect out more than!

The Beginnings

I began ColorInMyPiano in 2009, while I was finishing upwards my Bachelor's degree in piano performance at Promise Higher in Holland, Michigan. At that time, I was running a successful piano studio of about 20 students out of my parents' home and teaching group keyboard classes at the local YMCA. I was finding so much inspiration and helpful resources from other blogs — including Natalie Wickham's Music Matters Blog and Susan Paradis's Piano Teacher Resources — and had as well begun creating some of my own worksheets and other printables. I felt I wanted to give back and share in the aforementioned way, and then on February 28, 2009, I wrote my offset blog post: a welcome and cursory statement of purpose.

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Hi in that location! In this blog post, I'll briefly discuss both the usefulness and shortcomings of mnemonic devices (such as "Face" and "All Cows Eat Grass") when it comes to music reading and then share with you a new Costless printable, pictured above.

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Back in February 2021, I shared 12 podcasts for piano teachers to follow. There's some actually great podcasts in that list, so if you haven't seen it I definitely recommend checking out that mail service before reading on below!

Since then, a number of new podcasts have launched — some of them very recently. In today's blog post, I'd similar to share with you another option of 12 podcasts that are new or have come to my attention in contempo months. I've included links to subscribe via Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, just these podcasts are also available at Overcast, Spotify, or whatever your favorite podcast app. Just search them up by name.

I'll begin with my must-listen recommendations, so move into some podcasts I tend to follow only sporadically or am yet checking out. I promise yous find a few podcasts shows that might interest you lot!

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Commencement of all, I'll tell you about The Piano Pantry Podcast — a brand new podcast from my good friend, Amy Chaplin of PianoPantry.com. Equally on her blog, Amy plans to talk over a combination of topics: teaching, organization, cooking/baking, and more. She has released two episodes so far, and I can't expect to hear more! Subscribe at Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.

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Howdy, friends! As previously announced, I recently released a new resource to my shop: The 12 Days of Christmas Projection — a kit to assist you and your students create a collaborative video performing the traditional carol, The 12 Days of Christmas. I know information technology'due south an odd time to be talking more about it, considering Christmas has merely passed. Merely I wanted to share just a couple more things about it before I let it rest. 🙂

First of all, you might remember in my last blog post I had put out a call for music teachers who might be interested in existence part of a "music instructor edition" video of the 12 Days of Christmas. Nosotros concluded up with 26 music teachers full who participated! Here'southward our resulting video. Promise you savour!

Second, I wanted to let you know that I created a walkthrough video that gives you a peek at what's included in The 12 Days of Christmas kit. You can check that out here.

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Hello, friends!

Merely a curt note to wish you all a happy and healthy 2022! Here'southward hoping for a wonderful year ahead of teaching and music making with our students. Cheers!

All my best,

Joy

Exercise you enjoy giving some kind of small gift to your piano students at Christmastime? I don't feel it'south something we equally piano teachers should experience obligated to do. But if it's something you lot enjoy, I recollect information technology's a nice gesture! I expect forward to coming up with something different each year.

[Click here to encounter souvenir ideas from by years!]

This year, inspired past a photo I saw on Instagram, I decided to seek out a local bakery to make some pretty pianoforte cookies for my students. I requested quotes from two bakeries and was thrilled when the start one gave me a rate that was reasonable enough for my upkeep. I placed my club and couldn't look for the choice-up date to arrive.

Over the weekend, I picked up my cookie order. I was so thrilled and pleased with how they turned out! Aren't they pretty?!

Aria, my abiding sidekick, "helped" me put the cookies into individual baggies.

I couldn't exist happier with how these turned out!

Something else new I decided to try this year was to club custom pens with my studio logo. I thought it might be fun to include these pens in the Christmas gift this year, as well as to use effectually the studio and requite out to new students when they join. I ordered through CustomInk.com, which has been a cracking company to piece of work with in the past when I've done T-shirts for my students. The pens turned out nicely! It's a good thing, because CustomInk.com have a minimum of 300 for pen orders. I will exist well stocked for at least a few years! 😉

I also gave each student one of our family photograph cards. To add a personal touch, I typed up a short holiday greeting printed onto viscous notes. (Did you know y'all can print onto sticky notes? It's so handy for all kinds of projects! To acquire how, check out this weblog post.)

I packaged everything into chimera wrap mailers to send to my online students back in Ohio.

In my studio, I set up an area for my in-person students to receive their gifts. I'm excited to encounter my students' faces when they see the cookies!