Hi everyone! Everyone's really putting in the work lately and I can tell! Happy Easter, enjoy the time with your loved ones <3 Exam folks: here is an awesome resource. These are some short (3-5 minute) videos that simulate exactly the pacing, difficulty, and quantity of how the ear assessment part of your exam will go. Simply put on the [...]
Glad to hear you all had a great March break! Everyone is sounding great too, nice work! NO LESSON NEXT WEEKEND. I AM AWAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND, ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND SEE YOU ON APRIL 6TH Hakim Dummy! - RH part in G minor as written. *New* Raptors - up until star. This piece is in D [...]
WELCOME BACKKKKKK! So lovely to see you all and here you had a lovely March break! <3 Liam Sonatina in G major - first part continue HS. Last line HT. The grace notes are supposed to be light short accents, not crunchy solid minor 2nds, so ensure you are just adding a little note before the main one, not smushing [...]
Have an amazing March break everyone! *I WILL BE AWAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND. At our next lesson, PLEASE CONFIRM if you would like a lesson that day (saturday March 30) so we can line up a substitute if necessary.* Hakim *New* Dummy! - Notice the Bb and Eb, creating a G minor key signature. RH. Once you feel confident you [...]
Have a lovely March break everyone! See you on the 21st. Liam *New* Sonatina in G Major - For now, leave the grace notes out and just play the main melody. When doing the "Alberti bass" in the LH (where it goes bottom-top-middle-top), *rotation* of the wrist is your best friend. Think about twisting a door handle and let the [...]
Happy March everyone! <3 I appreciate you all so much! Hakim B Major scale - in preparation for the Zelda piece. This scale only has two white keys, which makes the standard fingering seem very logical. B C# D# E F# G# A# B. RH fingering is same as always 123 12345. LH will start finger 4! It will go [...]
Everyone is sounding awesome! Great, great job everyone! Way to put in the work! Liam At Night at the River - hands together. The 4 bars that I underlined need isolation. When playing any left hand line, think long-short-long -short. Be sure to disconnect the line and move your hand, rather than stretch the octave between the F#s. Beethoven in [...]
Hakim Pumpkin Boogie - This piece is in ternary form which is a fancy word for saying there's an A part, B part, and then the A comes back. You are doing a great job of the RH rhythm!! Careful reading is important because this piece uses both B naturals AND B flats. Listen here. G major scale hands together [...]
Liam At Night on the River - more hands seperate. Once you can really feel the 3 beats per measure in both hands this will flow a lot easier. Feel the long-short-long-short of the LH. *New* Beethoven in Piano Pronto - 1st page. The down-up-up-up feel is super important to getting both the accent as well as the two-note slur [...]
Have a great long weekend everyone! Hakim Barefoot on the Beach - All. The > symbols are accents that mean you can make those notes slightly louder than the rest. Be sure to bounce and play the staccato notes like a chicken pecking at their food. I wrote in the places where your hand positions change. G major scale - [...]