Thank you for another great week of lessons - I can hear lots of progress already! Emet For warmup this week, continue playing the D minor triads hands separately. The main focus here is connecting between the inversions when playing broken. Remember that RH uses finger 2 instead of 3 in the first inversion, and LH uses 2 instead of [...]
Thanks for another great week of classes everyone! Dvorah For our 5-finger warmup this week try it in G position! (This means LH finger 5 - pinky - will be on G, and RH finger 1 - thumb - will be on G) instead of the usual C position. Remember to connect as much as possible between the notes. We [...]
Hello everyone! Thank you for being so prepared this week. Ken As a warmup this week, play around with starting the 5-finger scale (hands together) on different roots - use your ear and try getting both the major and minor sounds. Song for a Scarecrow - When playing the staccatos in this song, make sure that beat 2 and beat [...]
Hello everyone, thank you for being so prepared this week! Emet We can move on from the D minor scales this week and focus only on the triads and inversions. Keep these HS but do try both solid and broken in each hand. Scarborough Fair - When playing this piece, shift your focus to LH and the triads it plays; [...]
Thanks for a great second week everybody! Dvorah Let's keep the C position 5-note warmup this week. Take one hand at a time and try to connect between the fingers (I call this "sticky fingers" since you can pretend that one finger is stuck to the keyboard until the next finger presses down). Work on keeping your fingers bent - [...]
Thanks for a great second week everyone! Ken For the warmup this week let's put that C minor 5-note scale hands together - keeping your fingers bent and also not hitting the keys as hard will make it easier. Scarf Dance - You are definitely ready to play this piece hands together! LH acts like a drone in this piece [...]
Nice to see everyone again, great work this week! Emet This week for our warmup let's stick to just D harmonic minor, but we will put it hands together. Notice that your finger 3s play together on the third and sixth degrees, which are F and Bb. Let's also add D minor triads hands separately; for fingering, RH uses 1-3-5 [...]
It was really nice to meet everyone today. I'm looking forward to making music with you! Dvorah This week, let's get really comfortable knowing where C is - try to find every C on your keyboard! When we play piano, our fingers have number labels: 1 is thumb, 2 is pointer, 3 is middle, 4 is ring, and 5 is [...]
Hello! It was so great to meet everyone for the first time today and hear what you've been playing. Ken We will add a short warmup to your practice routine - this week we will do the C position minor (so using Eb instead of E) 5-note scale one hand at a time. Be sure to use fingers 1-5 in [...]
Thank you for a wonderful first day! I really enjoyed meeting all of you and hearing what you've been working on. Nathalia I would love to meet/chat with one of your parents next lesson; we can discuss new book options as well as sending me photos of the pieces in your current book that you haven't yet played. We will [...]