You are all progressing amazing. I am a lucky teacher! If you need to register for exams, here's the link. Liam - please register for exam. Teacher code 130747 Harlequinade - excellent attention to detail this week!! Keep on keeping on. Your fingering seemed accurate too. Practice solid triads by doing every inversion broken and then solid before before to [...]
JUNE RCM EXAM REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Liam (lvl 3), Sara (lvl 4), Marco (lvl 1), Daniel (lvl 2), Greta (lvl 1) please register via this link. My teacher code is #130747. Select June Practical exam, then Piano. Pick whatever date is convenient for you within the time frame. I will see it come up on my end when you register. [...]
Happy 2024!! This year is going to be so musical and amazing. Everybody came back sounding like they hadn't even spent time away from the piano, so cool! Congrats to 4 of you that completed BINGO <3 Grace Sonatina Bureaucratique - Detach between octaves in last line of page 1. Top line of page 2, 3rd measure. Practice between 2nd [...]
Have the best holiday season ever! Once again our Winter Break BINGO is happening! I sent you each a BINGO sheet home and if you complete a line of 5 (vertical, horizontal or diagonal) or go crazy and do a full board "blackout", you will receive a prize in the new year :) Take a picture of the completed sheet [...]
Enjoy the last week of school and we'll have some fun next week to finish 2023 with a bang! I'm very proud of you all. Liam Walk the Talk - hands together slowly. We colour coded the 4 different repeating LH phrases, be sure you are playing the right one. Listen to the recording to ensure you have counting accurate. [...]
Hi everyone! Thanks for the hardwork this week! Maria and Noreet, get well soon! <3 Hakim *New* Chant of the Monks - this is your first written piece with hands playing together in parallel motion. Giving the half notes (the hollow ones) 2 counts is very important. Count while you are playing. You know how to read the RH notes, not [...]
Hi everyone! Hope you had awesome weeks! Hakim Bingo and Yankee Doodle - both these pieces are in Middle C position where the thumbs share middle C. Soldier of Dance - I wrote out the “chorus” of this piece for you on staff paper. I wrote the letter names on the staff so you can use directional reading. C major [...]
Happy last day of lessons and have an amazing day at school tomorrow! You're all rock stars :) Liam Great job with balance between hands on Elegant Elephant. Keep thinking about balance to the melody in Every song you play:) Carnival song - amazing A section. B section do more hands together practice and ensure you feel the difference between quarter and [...]
Liam Imperial March page 1 - You nailed the RH melody in lesson today, if you need to change any of the written fingering feel free, and then stick with it. The LH changing between G and Gb can get quite confusing notation wise because they chose to write in naturals unnecessarily, but trust your ear and you’ll find the [...]
Enjoy the sunshine this week and Happy Mother's Day to all!!! Isabella Princess or Monster - Practice this one loud and slow like a Monster and I will learn the duet to play it with you next week. To make sure you have it a steady tempo, please try playing it with the accompaniment found by scanning the QR code [...]