Last week, a student said something that made me stop mid teacher-spiel. I was in the middle of telling her that we are always working on being mindful of what the sounds we are creating are; It is the sounds that make up our music. “but I don’t know how to listen” Yes, piano lessons …
It has always been the goal of my piano lessons to encourage creativity and give tools for expression. With each lesson being such a short period of time, I find it paramount to have every word said be of value to the mission. That being said, I mindfully chose words that encourages the piano students …
Transcribing Bass Lines Now that I’ve completed my listening of popular tunes in C major, I am transcribing bass lines of my favourite tunes. Learning Outcomes Parse together the harmonic progression of the tunes Reflect on how the rhythm of the bass line affects the mood and direction Reflect on the usage of chords outside …
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In the last two piano sessions, I simply worked on Mozart piano sonata as a whole. In fact, there were lots of things to work on! I particularly wanted to work on the evenness of eighth notes in the left hand, adding dimension to the trills before the cadences of sections and capture that Mozart …
While I was working on the Mozart C major Sonata, two bars caught my attention. In my experience, often, a bar on it’s own does not generate a meaningful feeling. However, two bars, when placed next to each other, can have a profound aesthetic that the chords alone did not achieve. You can hear the …
