Diary of a Music Teacher: Happy Half-term :)
And it is half-term! More disruption to the routine, more days to juggle work and family reposnsibilites 🙂 At least the weather should be very sunny and warm, enabling outdoor […]
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Diary of a Music Teacher Day 10: Weekday or Weekend Classes?
It it better to do private one-to-one classes on weekdays after school or at the weekend? Are students more focussed after a full day at school or at weekend when […]
Carl Czerny: a pianist, teacher and composer
Carl Czerny, (1791 -1857) was an Austrian pianist, teacher and composer known for his educational works for the piano and his tireless desire to teach the piano. Czerny studied piano […]
Useful Finger Exercises for the Piano & Keyboard!
Have a go at playing the above finger exercises on the piano or keyboard every day for two weeks and see & feel the difference in your playing technique!
Chromatic Scales!
Chromatic scales are unique and different in nature to the scales that we have learnt so far. In chromatic scales, all tones and semi-tones are played in the correct order, […]
Scales: Pentatonic Scales!
Pentatonic scales are very common. The difference to major and minor scales is that pentatonic scale consist of five keys. Major pentatonic scales skip the 4th and 7th keys, while […]
Scales: minor scales
And now following yesterday’s post, here are the most commonly used minor scales!
Scales: Major Scales to Learn
All music is based on scales: it is sort of like the grammar behind all sound in order to ensure that the sound can be turned into beautiful music that […]
Play the Piano by Note Letter Names
Learning to read musical notes and to play straight from them is often found to be a challenge by beginners and, in particular, young players. Writing the note names underneath […]
Note Corner 