Thank you all for solidifying my love of teaching music every Saturday <3 You all rock! Hakim Bee is sounding awesome, great work with the transitions between sections. Scary Swing is tricky and a great longterm goal! *New* Friday Theme - this piece is well within your level. Watch the D major key signature (F# and C#). You can play [...]
You all make me so happy to be a piano teacher :) Liam I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! *New* Cantina Band - This piece uses 1,2,3 different endings for each section, pay attention. The LH is ALWAYS on beat, which gives a good pulse to bounce the RH off of. Today we played a 12 bar blues, and talked about [...]
Hakim Bee - Fantastic work!! Only thing left to add is the 2 bars between the stars where it is all 16th notes. One begins with D, then Db, then the last one is F major triad. Scary Swing - You know all the notes and patterns up until the F, Eb, Db, C descending section. Go slow and work [...]
Liam Minuet - Lovely dynamics! Make sure the timing of the end of the first section is correct, Half note followed by quarter note. Sonatina - AWESOME! great dynamics, great tempo. Walk the Talk - All your rhythms were perfect today and I loved your crescendos. Witches and Wizards - Great tempo. When the G minor LH triads and the [...]
Hakim Bee - You do such a good job of keeping the beat in your brain when playing the RH melody, now just play your LH on each beat, like a metronome. I drew vertical lines to show you where all the LH quarter notes fall. Zum Gali Gali - Great work. Look to the page to confirm notes in [...]
Liam Minuet - Great! Remember to keep your rests precise, and to sustain the final RH half notes and whole notes. Remember no hesitation between sections. Sonatina - 2-Note slurs are almost all there, look to the page. Walk the Talk - rhythms are dynamics were Awesome today! Witches and Wizards - Connect descending D C Bb A line to [...]
Hakim Bee - fantastic progress!!! Now add the LH notes in to the RH melody part. They are basically a drum beat. *New* Zum Gali Gali - play this entire piece nice and steady at whatever tempo you choose, just keep it really precise like a computer would play so that I can play the duet part with you. Count [...]
I can't say enough how proud I am of everyone :') Liam Minuet - final answer, no trills. I think it sounds great. Eliminate any rests between sections. You don't need to do the repeats. Sonatina - Great dynamics and flow. Ensure you are doing all your 2 note slurs including the long ones that go for a full bar, [...]
Hakim Bee. - Great job on the intro and chords! Take them slow enough that you can change between them with no hesitation. To start, just get the 1st to 2nd chord smooth, then 2nd to 3rd, then all 3 together etc. This week work on the RH melody by itself. Watch the Bbs from the key signature. The "mini" [...]
Hi everyone! Exam folks, now would be a good time to be listening to videos on youtube performed by teachers and seeing if you can play along with the recordings, or just comparing your performance to theirs and emulating parts you want to improve. Great channels include Piano with Beth, Lisa Tahara, Da Capo Academy of Music, and Amy's Piano [...]