Nice to be back from China and to see everyone again! Just a quick note about the recital - there are three slots on Sunday December 3rd and the slots are at 12, 1 and 2, each lasting one hour. I think I have managed to get everyone to play at least one piece, which is great! Please let Barnaby [...]
Anastasiya Better job for "Mozart's Five Notes". Keep working to make it perfect for next week with both hands together. Remember that the left hand has a shift in measure 9. Also remember that singing the notes while playing them really helped you to learn the notes - keep practicing that way. Also practice your new piece, "Paper Airplanes" - [...]
Anastasiya You're doing a great job with all of your old pieces - let's see if we can put more work on the new ones. Please don't forget to practice "C's Rock" this week, and also your new song, "Mozart's Five Names". For "C's Rock", it will help you if you can tell the difference between middle C, Treble C [...]
Anatasiya You're very quick to learn pieces! Keep working on your new pieces "Li'l Liza Jane" and "C's Rock". For "Li'l Liza Jane", it's much better than last week - just remember the difference between quarter notes (1 beat), half notes (2 beats) and dotted half notes (3 beats) in the right hand. Also, if you get confused about some [...]
Anastasiya Seems like you're comfortable with "Lonely pine" now. Your goal this week is to practice every day! Even on days you are tired, 10-15 minutes is still better than nothing! You were really quick to learn "Li'l Liza Jane" in the lesson today. Because you're such a fast learner, I want to see how quickly we can learn the rest of [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKILwVH_MdM Great job to everyone today! If you have spare minute sometime before our next lesson, feel free to check out this video of one my favorite pieces by Frederic Chopin. This recording is played by Lang Lang, who's one of the most famous pianists in the world right now and he will be in Toronto next year! Enjoy! Anastasiya Let's keep [...]
Anastasiya "Half-Time Song" sounds much better now! Keep practicing it so it's even more polished and better next week. Remember that your hands don't have to change positions for this song. For your next piece (sorry - I forgot the name! I think it was "Lost Pines"?) I think you can learn that for next week. Just two things to [...]
Welcome back from summer break, everyone! Anastasiya I hope you're excited to start piano again! Let's begin the year by reviewing "Half-Time Song". I know it's a little bit rusty from last year, but it sounded really good again at the end of the lesson. Just remember not to play the first two notes in the left hand too fast. [...]
Anastasiya Great work this year! You are getting much faster with reading the notes, especially compared to when we first met a few months ago! The flashcards will help you get even faster with that and the learning new pieces will be much easier for you. "Half-Time Show" is sounding really good now - as we know, this piece uses [...]
Anastasiya For next week, keep practicing "Half Time Show". Make sure to keep looking up at the score. Measure 3 and Measure 7 are very similar, but slightly different, so you will need to keep looking up to make sure you know the notes and play the right ones! See if you can learn the last one by yourself. Also, [...]