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 - [...]
Have a great week everyone <3 Enjoy the snow! Liam - please register for exam, teacher number 130747 Melody in F by Rubenstein - all. Nice work, check out the written fingering because it will make legato playing much easier. Keep working through the B section as it goes through different key centres. *New* At Night at the River - [...]
Hi everyone! Hope you have a nice Valentine's Day this week with some yummy treats! Hakim *New* The Juggler - all. This piece the RH is in treble C position, while LH thumb is on middle C. Count the rests carefully and have fun bunching around all 3 Cs. *New* Barefoot on the Beach - m1-9. The > symbols are [...]
Sounding great everyone! See you next Thursday on my birthday <3 Liam - please register for exam. Teacher code is 130747 Harlequinade - Love the evenness of your LH and how you really know the piece now in your mind. In measure 3, be sure to disconnect the phrase where I have drawn the upwards arrow. Witches and Wizards - [...]
Hakim Owl in the Night - C minor position. F# is often used as well. Refer to this video to confirm you're on the right path. You still need to use the book to learn. C Major triad pattern - ascending and descending with proper fingering. Always fingers 1 and 5 for outside notes. Happy Birthday lead sheet - see [...]
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 [...]
Hakim All My Fellas - Keep chipping away at it slowly. Feel free to write in note names, if you do it it still counts as learning (if I write them in it's kind of cheating;) *New* Owl in the Night - This is in C minor position and has some F#s used too. The excessive amount of dynamic markings [...]