Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky - work on articulation - staccato playing on the 8th note chords, dynamic (especially p at the lower register) Scamp/Sunset in Rio/Sonatina in C (first movement) - since we just began these 3 new pieces, work on the first page (notes/rhythm/articulation) of each piece hands separately [...]
Maria Dearest Maria it was a pleasure meeting you! Please make sure you don't practice with pancake fingers at home! We want your fingers to get good exercise so they get stronger and faster :) In GET AWAY you're great at doing the staccato when you're thinking about it! I've noticed you get your fingers right off the piano, that's [...]
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Hi all! Maleeya: You’re working on Rainbow (RH only) and the next page (LH only), and identifying C and G in the RH and C and F in the LH. Make sure to use your diagrams at the top of the page to help you figure out where your fingers belong. Also, keep working on maintaining that good, curved hand [...]
Helen Practice placing your hands on the keyboard several times before you begin to play. The book will use the same hand position for most of it, so it'll be helpful to get used to always putting your hands in this default position. Make sure to set up your hands so each finger is over a key. It makes following [...]
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Helen Warm-Up: Begin by doing the left hand and right hand warm-ups from your book. Play with strong fingers (emphasis on each note). Try the finger independence exercise every day too (lifting one finger at a time and playing the note, trying to keep the other non-playing fingers on the keys). Page 26-27: Work on playing both notes in the [...]
Anna Warm-Up: Anna should begin every practice session by playing the A major scale hands separate, connected and detached. When she plays them detached, she doesn't need to bounce her fingers too much. She can achieve the same power by keeping her fingers close. I suggest she pays close attention to her left hand and make sure she keeps her [...]
Rachel We began the lesson by doing some stretches and played a previous song, Monsieur Mouse, as a warm-up song. We then played the song Mary's Pets. Rachel did an amazing job with this! She's even begun to play with the hand position instead of using one finger for every note! We wrote in some dynamics (loud and soft) for [...]
Anna We began the lesson by doing the chromatic scale warm-up. I noticed that Anna's left hand had less power when playing these than the right hand had. We did some work on playing the warm up while curing the pinky finger and keeping the wrist up. Anna had some questions about the minor scale, so we briefly talked about [...]