Moving Fingers and Reading Notes in Piano Lessons
Moving fingers and reading notes: *There is so set answer to how to move your fingers on a certain song…it does change with every new song that you learn. In time you will feel more comfortable with your hand location and fingering on the keys. Start simple and take your time. *Reading notes faster is […]
Rhythm in Piano Playing-Piano Lessons Easier
Do you struggle with keeping the rhythm while playing piano? You piano lessons will be easier if you understand this concept. Rhythm comes from being relaxed while applying the counting. With each song, the more repetition you give it, the more fluent you become in playing it, and when it become fluent, you can stop […]
Practice Piano Lessons in just 10 minutes a day
A note from Lisa: I realized that if my students just took 10 minutes out of every day, and only practiced for 10 minutes every day that they would learn so much more because they would not forget what they learned yesterday and they could build on what they had just learned. At the same […]
Quick Tips to Improve your Online Piano Lessons
Just some food for thought…… 1. Practice Regularly Never practice piano when you are tired you cannot focus and concentrate well enough to make good progress. Practicing your piano lessons requires good coordination and music reading skills. To get best results with your piano playing practice daily for at least 20-30 minutes a day. 2. […]
Love Music? Learn Piano!
Scores of people want to take their love for music to the next level by learning how to play the piano. However, too many feel that they don’t have a natural ability or lack musical talent, and ignore the urge to sign up for piano lessons. If you have a deep love for music — […]
Piano Lessons: Submitted by Student
One of my students performing Pomp and Circumstance from the Learn Piano Curriculum:
I can’t hear the audio clips.
If you can’t hear the audio clips in any of the paid or free memberships, you may need to download a simple player to listen to them. I recommend using the free quicktime player. Downloading the free quicktime player from: http://www.apple.com/quicktime is the easiest download, for both PC users and Mac users.
Why Notate Notes?
It’s not about writing music. It’s about using a different way to impress a memory into your mind, which results in higher retention of what you learn.The actual act of drawing a note on the correct line or in the correct space, opens up a powerful realization and gives you a more exact knowledge of […]
Music staff not printing
If you can see the lines on the pdf before printing, then you will need to open your printer or Adobe Reader preferences and locate something that says: “print as image”. That will allow your printer to print what is displayed on the screen as a picture instead of trying to “interpret” it.