SPI PEDAGOGY COURSES FOR TEACHERS

SPI PEDAGOGY COURSE I
Joy Song Piano Icon Pedagogy Course I
explores the importance of the ‘Scales & Arpeggios’
based on the beginner’s textbook from
Dr. Joy Song’s Gift of Piano Technique.
Dr. Song explains the scales and arpeggios
are the secret key to making piano playing
easy and fun. And this is through the usage of the icons for each of the five fingers. Dr. Song discusses the most fundamental questions about why we should practice scales and arpeggios.

SPI PEDAGOGY COURSE II
9 Gifts for Pianists is a ground-breaking manual for teachers. It uses iconic figures and anatomical illustrations that effortlessly clarify principles of piano playing. It answers 9 crucial technical and musical questions about piano playing, such as “how do I release tension?” and “how can I make the piano sing?”. The pedagogical approach expounded in this book replaces tedious and ineffective teaching methods with effective healthy and joyous ones, helping students to grasp complicate physiological ideas and eventually to teach themselves. The ultimate goal of this invaluable guide is to cultivate artistic pianists by making teaching and learning and enjoyable process for both teachers and students.
Dr. Song lectures about the book divided in 32 videos with musical examples and the icons. She explains how the icons may be used to show and explain the most complicated musical concepts to students of all ages.

SPI TEACHER CERTIFICATE COURSE
This course is a full set of programs integrating Course I & II