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Suzuki Training Chapter One: An Epiphany
18 May
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Suzuki Training Chapter One: An Epiphany

Last month there was a discussion on Facebook about the Suzuki method. However, it was not the usual Suzuki discussion, which consists of traditional piano teachers lamenting the lack of sight reading skills in Suzuki students…

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Samantha Coates 2 Comments
Why Conferences are So Good
11 Apr
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Why Conferences are So Good

Piano teachers are no longer an isolated breed. With webinars, online memberships, blogs and Facebook pages, we have never been so connected or informed. So bother to get off our bottoms and actually turn up to a conference or workshop, if we can get everything we need online?

Posted on April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 by Samantha Coates 3 Comments
ScaleBlitzer - The App that Makes Scales FUN to Practice!
07 Nov
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ScaleBlitzer – The App that Makes Scales FUN to Practice!

For those of you who have been receiving the Blitz email newsletters, you’ll know that the much anticipated iphone app ‘ScaleBlitzer’ has finally been released. After more than a year of blood, sweat and [many] tears, Abe Cytrynowski and I have produced what we think is the ultimate tool for teachers and students in the […]

Posted on November 7, 2012September 11, 2020 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
New AMEB Candidates Blog
27 Nov
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New AMEB Candidates Blog

I found out from Warrick Dobbie’s email broadcast the other day that there is a fantastic new site which enables AMEB candidates to share their experiences (good or bad), always to the sympathetic ears of others who have experienced similar things! From their site: To start a new thread, Teachers, Parents and Australian Music Examinations […]

Posted on November 27, 2009September 14, 2020 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
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Welcome to BlitzBitz II

Welcome to version 2 of BlitzBitz, my occasional musings on teaching, publishing, Theory, Musicianship, Music Craft, Piano, the AMEB and anything else that springs to mind. I look forward to using this forum to share ideas and experiences.

Posted on September 11, 2009April 23, 2016 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
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No More Writing Out of Folk Songs

Well, it’s official… students no longer have to write out a whole folk song in Theory and Musicianship exams! They still have to memorise the folk songs set for study, but will be tested in other ways, such as recognising a fragment or adding in correct phrasing. Personally, I think this is much better! Teachers […]

Posted on June 12, 2009April 23, 2016 by Samantha Coates Leave a comment
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