Excellent job today and this past week, pianists in training!! Caelen Wowweee!! Good on you and your mom for starting to write your first song! And, without any suggestion from me. Yes, besides helping Caelen read music better, such endeavors are a great way of understanding how each musical element in a piece is related to each other, as well [...]
Lovely students, here's your reminder on what to focus on for the week. Remember, practice is the only way you get better!! Isabella Oh dear, you were a bit tired today and lacking focus. You were playing better last week! Remember, if you love music (practice), music will love you back (you will steadily progress, and you will enjoy it [...]
Great work this week, piano peeps! Remember, rhythm is king!!! Caelen Great start to your lesson today, but you lost steam (focus) near the end. Learning the piano will be a lot easier if, instead of resisting the learning process, you embrace it, and just go with the flow! The key to playing a piece successfully is playing the piece [...]
Hey guys, just a reminder, the key to learning piano (and everything else) is simple! Practice, practice, practice!!! Isabella You were a little tired today, but so was I! Remember this week to 'walk' from note to note (connecting the notes), without 'dragging your feet' (keeping a previously played note held down longer than its time value)! Practice the pieces [...]
Great job today, pianists!!! Mazin Your moving to the CHARACTER of your pieces' rhythm is really getting good, Maz, especially your 'up tempo' songs. Now, explore the movement to more lyrical songs. Again, SOSTENUTO - sustaining the sound of a long-held melodic note, connecting it to the next melodic note. Caelen One or two steps forward, and then one or [...]
Awesome lessons and practice this week guys. Keep it up!! Isabella Another great lesson, despite not having a keyboard to practice on, you still remembered what we covered last week! Now that your keyboard will soon be set up, I can't wait to see how quickly you will progress once you start practicing! Remember what we talked about -- connecting [...]
Good job, today, kids (both young and older)!! Remember, you only get out of music what you put into it! Caelen Practice more, my fine sir! This is the only way to get better, and you will enjoy our lessons, and learn to love music making if you do! Alex Remember to 'get into the dance' of the piece you're [...]
Percolating pianistic possibilities -- how I'd describe all of you! Because you practice!! Isabella Awesome that you're getting your keyboard in the next couple days! Practice up to the last piece we looked at today. Keep your wrists high, good posture, and curved fingers -- including your thumbs! And, mentioning your thumbs, make sure your curved thumbs are out to [...]
Another great day for lesson day where musical understanding and awareness was increased for all three of you! Great job! Caelen Your concentration/focus while playing is getting much better, but you still have a ways to go. Remember to COUNT -- while moving to the rhythm -- the time signature's full length before coming in on the first beat (eg. if 4/4 time, count/move [...]
Excellent lessons today, guys! See reminders for your practice this week below. Isabella Awesome first lesson, dear! Once you get your full-length, weighted keyboard and the beginner book I recommended, play the 'note-naming game', and remember to keep a good posture, high wrists, and curved fingers as you continue to strike your first keys! Gerardo Wowsers!!! You're just whippin' through this book. [...]