Posted by: clariniano on: August 2, 2011
Here are two worksheets I have created on helping piano students learn LH and RH identification and finger numbers: HandsandFingerNumbers1_pdf HandsandFingerNumbers2_pdf
Posted by: clariniano on: July 5, 2009
1. They have experienced their first case of “water in the tone holes” 2. They start desiring for a better instrument, and are working on saving the money for it. 3. They spend their money on things related to their instrument 4. They tell clarinetists who don’t swab their instruments after playing that they are [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: June 23, 2009
Many people when choosing a private music teacher are often concerned with either price or location. But there are other, more important questions to ask. Here are some of them: 1) What method books do you use to teach beginners? There are many teachers using old, outdated method books, especially in piano instruction books. Be [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 8, 2009
A beginning student can have a good-quality instrument, good-quality reeds, a good-quality mouthpiece, and a good teacher. However, there are problems with the ligature: even when very loose and the student is placing it in a correct position (or trying to place it in a correct position), there are still problems with the sound quality. [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 6, 2009
Poor-quality mouthpieces, usually mouthpieces that come with new instruments, create at least four difficulties for beginners: they are difficult to blow on, they have poor tone quality, they have problems with their tuning, and they contribute to unfocussed sound even when the student is playing with correct embouchure. Poor-quality mouthpieces are often difficult to blow on, [...]
