Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Sonatina Practice with the metronomeFirst movement - try not to have any delay in tempo on the mid-section chords and end of Exposition and Recapitulation (except the final 3 chords) like how we worked on in class. Second movement - keep doing the great phrasing work, and [...]
Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Winter Wonderland Keep working on the first page until we can play it hands together fluently! Lesson Book Latin Serenade - work on the right hand part alone, play with liveliness and gentle lift at the end of short slurs Try and learn the L.H. part! Technique [...]
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! If you are going away - make sure to review your music pieces and exercises when you're back, we want to avoid spending extra time and lessons on "relearning" your pieces! Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Scamp Whole piece hands together - focus on rhythm accuracy and both hands [...]
Happy Holidays! If you're away for the holidays - Some of you might not have access to a piano, nor be able to practice during the break. When you get back home and have some free time, try to get back to reviewing your pieces and exercises to warm up your fingers before our first lesson in the new year! [...]
Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Winter Wonderland Warm up playing hands separately, and start putting hands together Lesson Book Warm up with D flat major triad chords and scale in your book Latin Serenade - work on the right hand part alone, play with liveliness and gentle lift at the end of [...]
Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Lesson Book Warm up with D flat major triad chords and scale in your book Latin Serenade - work on the right hand part alone, play with liveliness and gentle lift at the end of short slurs Technique D natural minor, D harmonic minor, and D melodic [...]
Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky Tempo - make sure we don't slow down "S2", keep your tempo consistent throughout the whole piece Make sure we're playing staccato on the 8th note chords Scamp Warm up playing hands separately, and started putting hands together for the first 8 bars - work on [...]
Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky Articulation -> staccato playing on the 8th note chords; play to imitate the witch with "darkness", and play VERY soft on p and pp. Phrasing - crescendo and decrescendo imitating the flight of the witch Scamp R.H - be more accurate on the triplet 8ths rhythm, and be mindful [...]
Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Lesson Book Warm up with D flat major triad chords and scale in your book Latin Serenade - work on the right hand part alone, play with liveliness and gentle lift at the end of short slurs Technique D natural minor, D harmonic minor, and D melodic [...]
Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky articulation -> staccato playing on the 8th note chords; play to imitate the witch with "darkness" Scamp R.H - be more accurate on the triplet 8ths rhythm, and be mindful of the quarter notes following the 8ths L.H - work on the notes and fluency Sunset [...]