Anastasiya Great work today! You learned both of your pieces very well ("Classic Dance" and "Young Hunter"). Let's play them again next week and don't forget to do the dynamics. Like you told me today, you think of forte (loud) like you want to tell everyone something, and the piano (soft parts) is like you're whispering or telling a secret. [...]
Anastasiya Bravo for your first piano recital! I'm so happy to hear that it went well and I wish I was there to hear it! For next week, keep practicing "Classic Dance" and "Young Hunters". "Classic Dance" already sounds much better - just keep practicing it to get rid of the "hiccups". In "Young Hunters", remember that the tie in [...]
I'm sorry to be missing the recital as I will be out of the country for a couple of weeks, but I know you will both play wonderfully! Anastasiya Great job preparing for the recital! You are totally ready. Just a few things to keep in mind in both pieces. Remember that you can always look up at the notes [...]
Anastasiya Great work this week! "Haunted Mouse" is starting to sound very good. Keep working on it to reinforce the note names, and also to get rid of all the "hiccups". Also, don't forget the dynamics! P = piano which means soft, and F = forte which means loud - the piece will sound so much better and exciting if [...]
Anastasiya As always, great work on your warmups! "Haunted Mouse" is starting to sound really good, and today, especially after we discovered dynamics, it became even better! Remember p = piano, which means soft, and f = forte, which means loud. Don't start the piece too loudly because it is piano in the beginning. Another thing that made the piece [...]
Anastasiya Remember to keep your wrists relaxed when you play (also your shoulders). Little River and Mexican Jumping Beans sound great as always. We're going to keep working on "Haunted House" for next week - I hope you'll have the whole thing prepared for our next lesson. Remember that the last notes (the lowest note on the piano) have to [...]
Anastasiya Great work this week! "Mexican Jumping Beans" and "Little River" were perfect. Remember to keep your wrists nice and relaxed, and your shoulders as well. When you do the "wrist float off" part in "Little River", it is especially important to keep the wrists relaxed - we don't want tense wrists. For "Haunted Mouse", focus on the first two [...]
Great to be back teaching after being gone for a few weeks! Anastasiya Keep practicing "Little River" and focus on the legato smoothness. You did a great job learning "Mexican Jumping Beans" and so quickly too! Remember that it is staccato, which is the opposite of the legato in "Little River". Your task this week in "Mexican Jumping Beans" is [...]
Hi Everyone - I apologize for last week. I filled out the post for assignments last week, but it seems that it was for some reason not published. Sorry! Hopefully there will be no problems with this post. Anastasiya Great chords and "Little River"! Remember to keep your wrists relaxed, and your "mountain tops". Also keep your shoulders nice and [...]
Anasatasiya I'm happy with how well you learned "Little River"! Keep using it, as well as your chords, as part of your warm up. I also really liked your legatos/slurs - you really play them smoothly. Today, we started learning "Sailing in the Sun". I would like you practice playing the first four measures like we did today. We started [...]