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Magnetic Music Notes

Sound Shapes - Complete Studio System Sound Shapes - Complete Studio System
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Sound Shapes - Complete Studio System
$359.00

The Complete Studio System is the full Sound Shapes experience, designed for teachers who want a comprehensive, hands-on notation system ready from day one. This is not a starter kit. It’s the complete toolkit for teaching rhythm literacy, pitch fluency, intervals, chords, accidentals, and clefs in a way that is hands-on and immediately engaging for students of any age. Instead of piecing together sets over time, you get the entire system in one cohesive collection — built to support everything from foundational reading to advanced concept reinforcement.

Please note that the staff board ships separately and arrives 1-2 business days later.

✈️ For orders outside the US, please visit our Etsy store.

 
This is the best investment I have ever made in my teaching career.
— Victoria F.

 

Teaching Repertoire

Imaginative Repertoire - Complete Collection (Digital Download)
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Imaginative Repertoire - Complete Collection (Digital Download)
$99.00

The Complete Imaginative Repertoire Journey

Elementary to Early Intermediate

From the very first steps of reading to the threshold of intermediate literature, the Imaginative Repertoire series gives teachers a studio-wide resource of exciting, performance-ready music that students genuinely love to play. Each volume is carefully sequenced, balancing accessibility with artistry, so pianists of all ages — children, teens, and adults — can make meaningful progress while building confidence and expressive skill.

Across four volumes and more than 120 solos, the series moves students from their first artistic pieces through increasingly sophisticated textures, styles, and challenges. Along the way, imagination stays at the center, ensuring practice is motivating, lessons are engaging, and performances are rewarding. For teachers, it provides a dependable repertoire library that simplifies lesson planning, supports performance preparation, and grows with every student.

🖥️ Digital download 4 books 128 pieces

Want a physical copy? Get the paperback bundle.

 
My students love that the music sounds polished while remaining accessible. They feel accomplished finishing a piece, while I can guide them deeper into artistry.
— Julie V.

 

Early Childhood Music Literacy

Djembe Finds the Rhythm (Paperback)
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Djembe Finds the Rhythm (Paperback)
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A Simple Way to Introduce Rhythm

This isn’t just a story, it’s a first step into reading music. Djembe Finds the Rhythm is an interactive book that helps young children see, feel, and perform rhythm from the very beginning.

As Djembe wanders through the meadow, he meets Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, Half Note, and Whole Note—each showing him not just what rhythm sounds like, but what it looks like.

How it works

– Each note is paired with a clear action and sound
– Children tap, count, and move as they read
– Patterns repeat so rhythm becomes familiar
– Builds naturally to a full 8-measure rhythm

What your child will be able to do

– Recognize basic note values
– Count simple rhythms with confidence
– Follow and perform an 8-measure pattern

Three formats available:
🖥️ Digital Download
📚 Paperback Book + 🎶 Magnetic Notes
📚 Paperback Book Only

Free shipping to USA

 
An excellent teaching resource for my beginner piano students who are learning to recognize, aurally and visually, basic introductory note names/rhythm patterns.
— Deborah C.

Age-neutral Beginner Method

 
The Cadenza Piano Method - Complete Collection (Paperback) The Cadenza Piano Method - Complete Collection (Paperback)
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The Cadenza Piano Method - Complete Collection (Paperback)
$75.00

The Cadenza Piano Method – Complete Series

The Complete Series Bundle brings together all three levels of the Cadenza Piano Method—Repertoire and Theory Books A, B, and C—into one comprehensive beginner curriculum. With a modern, age-neutral design, the series takes pianists from their very first lesson to confident reading on the grand staff, preparing them for a lifetime of music study.

Across Levels A, B, and C, students move step by step from finger numbers and black-key pieces, to pentascales, arpeggios, and solfege, and finally into fluent full staff reading with accidentals and triads. Each stage balances confidence-building repertoire with creative theory work, ensuring progress in technique, musicianship, and keyboard geography.

With this bundle, teachers gain a complete method sequence that works equally well in private or group settings for children, teens, or adults.

What’s Included:

  • Level A – Off-staff notation using finger numbers on black keys

  • Level B – Off-staff notation using alphanotes and white keys and introducing solfege, pentascales, and arpeggios

  • Level C – Full grand staff reading with sharps, flats, and moving hand positions

  • Level Completion Certificates

Each level features

  • A Repertoire book with clear layouts and real keyboard images

  • A Theory & Composition workbook to reinforce skills and encourage creativity

📚 6 Paperback Book Bundle
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Repertoire Collections

Fresh, engaging music designed to inspire creativity and sustain motivation across the elementary to early intermediate stages.

Sound Shapes

Transform notation into an interactive experience with magnet music notes that bring instant clarity and engagement to every lesson.

Piano Solos

Standout solos students love to play. Browse pieces for recitals, festivals, and weekly assignments that spark artistry and excitement.

The Cadenza Piano Method

The age-neutral method that builds confident readers.


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I’m so impressed with this small music business! The service and communication were excellent from start to finish. The whiteboard is fantastic, and the accessories are perfect for my teaching needs
— Sarah S.
Beautiful and pedagogically sound! These pieces are exciting and rich sounding even though they are written at an early intermediate level, which is so difficult to find!
— Nicole S.
I am already enjoying using these manipulative musical shapes to teach reading and theory concepts. They seem to be very well made and are easy to use.
— Kathy T.

Created by a Piano Teacher, for Piano Teachers

 
 

Hi, I'm Luisa! I'm a piano teacher, composer, and creator of Cadenza Studios. Every resource is designed from real teaching experience with one goal: helping students develop strong musicianship while keeping lessons engaging and inspiring.


 

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