Happy first day of Fall everyone! <3 You're sounding great, thanks to your hard work and practice! Noreet *New* Little River - This introduces a new Italian music word = "Legato". It literally means "bound" like "bound together" which is why we connect the notes sound together without a break. When you play this piece, your fingers will walk on the keys, [...]
Happy Fall everyone! <3 You're sounding great, I'm lucky to have ears around you all. Grace To a Wild Rose - Start at last two lines of the song and practice hands separate a bunch to become fluent. Remember you do not need to maintain strict timing, at the climax of the piece at the top of page 2 you [...]
Hey everybody! Hope you had a great first full week of school:) Noreet All of Firefly - Great job recognizing which bars are repeats of other bars in the song. You also noticed that the last line includes C major triads (skips), which are a pattern you recognize. Currently your focus is recognizing steps vs skips and the direction that [...]
Another beautiful week, and cooler fall weather is approaching! Yippee! I appreciate all of you already working hard on your musical journeys :) Grace To a Wild Rose - Today we received clarity by playing the voices separate (especially m39 onwards). Be sure to ensure you're using the best fingering for achieving maximum legato feel. Focus on not splitting the [...]
Hello Everyone! It was lovely to meet you all today! I'm very excited to work with you all and see what we can acheive :) My name is Erin Plank and I use he/they pronouns :) Noreet Firefly measures 1-8 - This piece is in C position for both hands. When reading, look at the direction of the notes and [...]
WELCOME BACK! I'M SO EXCITED YOU'RE ALL HERE! IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING YEAR :) Grace To A Wild Rose - Focus on bringing out the melody notes over the rest of the sound. Regarding the repetitive LH notes, a little more wrist movement like knocking on a door will help. Stay loose! Chopin Prelude - Experiment with flatten your fingers [...]
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 So much fun exploring chord progressions today! We learnt a new way to think about major and minor chords: Minor chords have a minor third on the "bottom". Between the first and 3rd note (don't count the first note) there will be 3 semitones. Major chords have a major third on the "bottom". Between the first and 3rd note [...]
What a lovely final lesson with you all! (See you online on Zoom for your make-up lesson on Monday night Julian). I've had the best time working with each of you and you've each taught me soooooo much :) Jadon This summer have fun using your online resources with the piano. I would encourage you to flip open a piano [...]
Have an amazing last week of school! I'm very proud of all of you in all areas of life :) Liam *New* Entry of Gladiators. This is such a fun piece! Be really picky with the notes in the A section, as well as the articulation. The combo of smooth and bouncy notes is what brings this carnival vibe to [...]