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: June 7, 2009
Although it was called a piano recital, it was not really one. First, a recital is one that features a soloist, and this concert had approximately 20 people performing. Second, a few people, including yours truly, performed on instruments other than the piano; there was also a violinist and also a percussionist at the concert. [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 6, 2009
Besides the cost of lessons and the teacher’s location, one of the most frequent questions piano teachers are asked by prospective parents of students is if the student may start learning the piano on a keyboard. While there are some piano teachers who insist on using a piano from the very beginning, and do not [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: April 5, 2009
There are a number of expenses that one must budget for when someone is about to start music lessons for a student. Here are the most common expenses. 1) A good quality instrument. For pianos, plan on spending at least $1200 for a new good quality digital, up to $2000 for a used quality upright, [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: March 30, 2009
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Posted by: clariniano on: March 30, 2009
In many schools, class recorder instruction happens, for most students, sometime between Grade 1 and Grade 4. I am proposing that quality class keyboard instruction, as a few public, a few Catholic, and many private schools do, is a much better alternative to learning the recorder at these grades. The seven reasons I present have [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: March 21, 2009
Many people who own acoustic pianos, especially parents of young piano students and in schools, but even in some music studios, do not tune their instruments often enough; often 2-5 years go by before some instruments are tuned. However, there are four important reasons to keep a piano in tune: it is difficult to play [...]
