fast moving student

I have a super fast learning adult student. In 4 lessons he’s done Foundation up to and including Ode to Joy; composed a short song, improvised on black notes, learned the C blues scale, done an arrangement of Dreams, learned different rhythms for Jackson Blues,…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• arrangements, comp & improv, fast moving student, learning a new way of learning, learning strategies, playing-based strategies, playing-based tools

I have a class of 6-1/2 to 7 year olds. One little girl is just on fire. She practices EVERY day. She does the keypad, the recording, everything and more. Consequently she is learning much more quickly and is much more fluent than the other…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• arrangements, fast moving student, fast student, managing groups, shared lessons, Songs for Everyone, variations

I have a private student, an adult with no previous piano lessons of any kind, who is learning even a lot faster than what I am used to seeing. As an artist, she also loves improvising. I teach her one of the F1 songs and…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• controlling the events, CTE, dynamics, fast moving student, playing too fast, practicing slowly, slowing down

I have a new adult private student with previous experience. She has had 4 lessons. I taught Dreams and Night the first lesson and told her she’d probably feel like going ahead but I wanted her to wait. Well, second lesson she came back and…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• accompaniment, fast moving student, learning a new way of learning, previous experience