Hannah Greiner

B.Sc (UBC), ARCT (RCM)

Born in New Westminster, BC, Hannah first began piano lessons at 4. When she began learning piano pedagogy, she discovered her passion in life – teaching music! She enjoys sharing her love of music with her students in patient and creative ways, and continues to strive to learn how to motivate and inspire her students.

Hannah has been teaching piano for over 8 years, and her students have received First Class Honours with Distinction in RCM Examinations.

She believes that to become a better teacher, she must continue to learn, and has recently begun learning how to play the harp.

Hobbies: attending concerts, reading, playing WOW and Nintendo Wii

Musical influences: Serena Ryder, Alicia Keys, William Joseph, Chopin

Favourite food: Noodles

Least favourite food: Fennel

Favourite music: Muse

Favourite song: Butterflies and Hurricanes

Favourite movie: Up

Favouirite movie music: Hanna, Ratatouille

Favourite musical theatre/opera: La Boheme

Best quote from your teacher: Try again

Favourite quote: A dwarf sitting on the shoulders of the giant may see even further than the giant

Favourite book: LOTR

Best thing about teaching at ABC: getting to share music together!

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Hannah’s homework April 13 – 19

Hello Piano Explorers and Parents

Hope everyone is having a good week so far. Mark Sunday May 15, 2016 as ABC Recital day!

Keep reading for the homework this week.

Veda

Irish Washerwoman: you are playing the notes correctly. Keep your eyes on the music and aim to play this quicker and quicker.

Dotty Waltz: play this hands together (the LH is matching the first note of the RH. Hold the whole note for the entire bar. Continue to lift after each phrase (pretend your wrist is tied to a balloon that is rising in the air).

Stepping Up and Down: Play the four notes that are slurred, then lift up. Drop down on the last note of each line. Keep your hand and wrist as relaxed as possible, but use strong fingers. See video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuLKN2TpF7A

Zoe

Look! Both Hands!: Left hand is playing G and C. C is TWO spaces up in the bass clef.

Left and Right: Check the LH notes carefully.

All Together Now: Play the first line this week. Check out this video to review the technique we are working on (loose wrists but strong fingers).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1yHOJiHzU

Alyssa

My Dear Augustin: Read the RH notes (although you are in G position, and are playing all the F sharps, you have the tools to figure out any notes you don’t know. Sometimes you have to take the time to check the lines and spaces.

For next week’s lesson, please bring: Prep B RCM Book:

Madeleine

Sweet Molly Malone: Think of “Lon-don bridge” for the dotted quarter rhythms. Notice how the notes move sometimes by STEP or by SKIP. Play this slowly and carefully.

Geometry Dash: Great job learning the pattern from last week! This week, add one note in the LH (C, G, A, or F) to “support” the RH. This also works on “hand independance” because she is learning to do two different things: Play notes in one hand while holding down a note in the other.

Keep up the good work everyone. It’s great when we can make some progress week after week.

Hannah

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