Great lessons and practice/effort this week, folks. Keep it up!! Briel Excellent second lesson, sir! Remember to keep your wrists high, shoulders relaxed, and elbows out while you walk from key to key on your fingertips while your core is engaged. Practice and review the pages that has today's date (Oct. 2) on them. Isabella Good work playing hands together and be [...]
Good focus and effort again in the lessons this week, folks. Remember, practice is the main way we get better! Sadie Good work playing the duet with me today! Remember, the goal in playing each piece is to be able to play the piece from beginning to end (as best you can) WITHOUT stopping. It is best to perfect one piece [...]
Excellent September of lessons, start of the new music school year, peeps!! Keep it up and we'll have each and everyone of you performing (if you want to) at this year's Winter recital! Briel Superb first lesson and constructive understanding, Briel. You're a good listener. Now, practice, practice, practice the musical concepts we talked about (and the 'note-naming game'), and don't [...]
Excellent lessons today and practice this week, piano peeps!! Keep it up! Sadie So happy about your willingness to take on new musical challenges and concepts, and are yearning to learn!! Talent is one thing (which you have), but MOTIVATION and PRACTICE are just as important, if not more so, than talent. And, guess what ~ so far you are [...]
One out you three today stepped up to play (in a piano way) today. You know who YOU ARE!! Isabella Hmm, hmmm. You played H.T. (hands together) the first bar of Batman.... so YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Now, play the rest of the piece H.T. For Moog city, play just the melodic line as it passes from R.H. (right hand) [...]
Awesome work this past week, all of you guys. An excellent fresh start to the new season. Mazin Practiced 2 hours the day before today's lesson -- GOOD JOB!!! Excellence only comes from determination and hard work. Remember to keep your CORE ENGAGED (tummy muscles) at ALL TIMES, engaging more (tummy crunches) on the strong beats. Doing this allows the [...]
Natalie and Nadia Great first lessons (with me), girls!! Though the first attempt at the keyboard setup wasn't ideal, we managed rather fairly. Remember to ALWAYS keep your core (tummy) muscles ENGAGED while you are playing. And, MOVE to the rhythm of the piece you are playing (and pay attention to how the DANCE changes throughout the piece, if it does at [...]
Awesome first lessons, some of you, and onto our next semester with the rest of you! Let's make this fall season full of new musical beginnings. Alex P. Excellent first lesson learning the piano, Alex!! Try to play the 'note-naming game' with one of your parents each day this week to familiarize yourself with the WHITE KEYS on the piano, [...]
Great start to the new piano season, guys and gals!! Now, let's try to get into good practice habits and establish a consistent practice schedule!! Sadie Excellent first lesson with me!! Kudos for being a good listener and giving your best effort, dear. Remember to review the sayings for the lines and spaces of both the treble and bass clef [...]
Awesome final and end of summer lessons with all of you! Pleasure teaching you, and looking forward to resuming lessons with some of you in a little over a week's time! Ian Again, excellent progress with your 'moving to rhythm' as you play over this summer, Ian. Remember, your hands should move IN COORDINATION with your body rhythmic movements. And, keep [...]