Hi everyone! Happy slush day :D Stay safe on the roads out there. Liam *New Piece* Ocean Waves. This piece features A and D natural minor scales. Focus on beginning the scales on the "and of 1" and keeping them nice and even. Add some shaping however you like to bring the "wave" to life. *New Piece* Going Undercover. Focus [...]
Hi everyone! Great week! Boy is January flying by :) Have a good one. Isabella Come See the Parade. This includes a new note, the G below middle C. Today we played it with the "Practice tempo" video in the QR code, but there is a faster "Performance tempo" also. Try and play it with this by the end of the [...]
Hi everyone! <3 Hope everyone's doing well and having fun! Thanks for your hard work. Liam Camel Caravan. The LH does the same thing for the entire piece so it's super important it stays really steady like a playalong track. I would practice the RH alone for a couple days to get the rhythms and fingerings super solid. Embrace the "crunchy" [...]
Happy snowy days to you all! :) Have a fantastic week!!! Isabella You're working on Rodeo and Russian Folk Song. Be sure to use the fingering written in the book, this includes using both thumbs! Remember to count 1-2 or 1-hold for the half notes. For Russian Folk Song, be sure to play with the dynamics. F stands for forte = loud, so start loudly, [...]
Hello everyone! Today was an awesome day of lessons - here's to an awesome week of practicing too! Also a reminder that I use they/them or he/him pronouns :) Liam - It was amazing to meet you today! You're working on Saturday Night Boogie. This piece uses the 6th of each chord to make that "boogie" sound. We discussed how most of this [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Hope your holidays were restful and spent with loved ones. Let's make 2023 awesome and full of music <3 Isabella You're working on Let’s Play Ball and Petite Minuet. Let's Play Ball features a new note = B right underneath middle C. The LH plays this note in this piece. Minuet is special because it's your [...]
Happy New Year everyone!! Hope your holidays were restful and spent with loved ones <3 Sara On Melancholy Hill - LH pattern is more logical than you think. The chord progression is D Major/A Major/B minor/G Major and the pattern is root-5th-3rd-5th (with the constant root notes in between of course). Rotate your wrist like you're opening a door handle [...]
Hello everyone! As I was anticipating in person lessons today, I had a small gift to give to each of you. It is a binder you can keep your loose piano papers in, and I have filled them with 2 personalized song choices each. There is also a Winter Break Bingo everyone can participate in. If you get 5 in [...]
Marco, Daniel, Julian: Marco Keep working on your C and also G major one octave HS scales :) RH fingering is 12312345 and LH is 54321 321 for both. G major is all white keys except for F#. Focus on having as little movement in your arm as you tuck your thumb under. Pretend that tucking your thumb under is [...]
Congrats on your final lesson of 2022! I'm very proud of all your growth this year. In the folders I sent home with you there's a BINGO sheet of fun piano activites to apply to any piece of music you want. Get 5 in a row (or a blackout!!) and bring the sheet in to show me at our first [...]