keypads

I am a new teacher. I teach a small group of 5. Today we put Dreams hands together. I felt that I needed at least 2-3 minutes individual time with each student to help “control the events” on the piano as they put it together.…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• Dreams Come True, group, group lessons, hands together, keypads, Laurie Richards, practice pads, shared lessons

I have two individual cases where my students (both around 9 years old) want to merely “execute” the song – and as fast as possible! I have played to them with a lot of love, with the appropriate speed that the song requires, but once…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• Audio recordings, claiming territory, controlling the events, internal beat, internal metronome, keypads, playing fast vs slow, playing too fast, tempo

During the Q&A section of a recent FIS, I was asked how lessons are conducted in groups with only one piano? I explained how we first process the information by getting the patterns into our hands on the keypad, and then taking turns at the…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• benefits of shared lessons, keypads, objections, private lessons, shared lessons, Simply Music Philosophy, time on the piano