Thursday, December 12, 2013
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1. Identify what you need to practice. This could be a specific piece, a
set of scales, or even something general like reaching high notes. Read
through the piece and make sure you understand it. Review the piece
with someone who plays the instrument you play well or a teacher.
2. If possible, listen to the piece played by someone you know or a professional
musician. This will give you an idea of what the piece should sound
like, what kind of feeling the piece gives, and how fast the piece
should be.
3. Don't jump right in to the piece you want to work on;
warm up with a series of scales or other warm up exercises. There are
books you can buy for your instrument with warm ups and scales.
4.
Run through the piece once, pausing to circle your mistakes with a
pencil. If this is your first time encountering a piece, start at the
beginning and work slowly forward. Be aware of your mistakes and go back
and correct them.
5. After getting more familiar with the piece,
target the areas that need work. Don't start at the beginning of the
piece and start playing until you reach the problem spots, but begin
with those areas. Then go back and play the whole piece again once
you've fixed the difficult parts.
6. Even if you think you can play
the section faster, start slowly. Build up the tempo while paying strict
attention to pitch, tone, rhythm, dynamics, and phrasing. There's no
use in practicing something the wrong way.
7. Make sure to play the
piece more than once, even if you think you played it right. You'll get
the hang of it better if you practice it without mistakes to a slow
metronome (max 100 bpm) for five to 30 minutes depending on your
patience.
8. After the problematic areas have shaped up, go back to
the beginning of the piece and play through it, keeping an eye out for
the measures you worked on previously. If the sections you worked on are
still shaky as you encounter them throughout the piece, go back and
patch them up again.
9. The same steps can be taken for scales, an
exercise, or various techniques. Begin slowly and listen for mistakes.
At this stage, you want to be picky.
10. Make sure you're focusing
on your mistakes! Studies show that less students quit because they're
not practicing than because their practice time isn't spent
progressively. When one makes a mistake, his or her brain is constantly
ahead of what he or she is actually doing. When a mistake is made, you
must go back a few notes (or better yet, a whole measure) before your
mistake and play it over and over again (ideally, you'd want to play it
more than ten times).
11. Build up tempo until you are at "concert"
tempo, or the tempo you would play if you were doing a concert. Start by
going a little faster than your original tempo, then more, then more,
and then more. You may find that old problems open up or new ones occur.
Fix them as before.
12. At the end of your practice session, go
back to the beginning of the piece and play it straight through just for
enjoyment. The difficult sections will play out better and will give
you a sense of accomplishment.
13. Play pieces for fun. Play your favorite songs or a book by your favorite artists.
You deserve it!
Piano Lessons in Davao
Music teacher in Davao
Thursday, September 26, 2013
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Parents would usually ask me, what would you advise? Home Lesson or Studio Lesson? Results and learning progress is the same for both, this is basically for the parents to decide and asses if their child is confident and ready to be alone with their teacher.
Besides saving the customer valuable driving time, there are a few other
advantages of having our teachers come to you: Starting music lessons
with a new teacher can be less scary for younger children when they are
in their own homes. The teacher may be new, but their surroundings are
familiar and comfortable. This will make adjusting to their new teacher
and the structure of the lessons easier.
The parent has a very big role in making the child's learning a success. Sometimes, kids gets bored and tired, parent should always be there to praise and encourage the child to continue learning.
Piano lessons or
guitar lessons takes a lot of practice and dedication. Teacher and parent's should work together, communication is and constant feedback of the child's progress is important.
Sharing one of my home lessons this weekend.
Reference:
Guitar Lessons in Davao
Friday, September 13, 2013
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ADVANTAGES OF GROUP LESSONS
Sharing one of my group lessons in Pampangga, Davao City. A music project sponsored by Rotary Club for the youth.
1. Social Development - the students make friends with their classmates.
2. Ensemble experience: The skill of playing together and performing in front of others is crucial to any developing musician.This means that your child will be a more confident performer.
3. Less Pressure - there
is far less pressure on students that are in a group as compared to a
one to one basis with a private teacher. This allows them to relax and
enjoy the music more.
4. Team Spirit -
this developed through all of the group activities and by supporting
each other through festivals, exams and in-class performances.
5. Motivation -
people
(children in particular) are highly motivated by what they see each
other doing and therefore get inspired to practice more and to try new
things.
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
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It does not matter if you are thirty, fifty or eighty years old, it is
never too late to learn and play the piano, guitar or any other music instruments. There is no age limit for
learning!! So, if you feel a little bit of regret for being so much tied up years back, haven't got the chance to give in to your artistic side. WELL, you better start now or never!
My student Eric is now a Programmer and have rewarded himself to learn piano while having his successful career. You can learn to play music instruments as an adult just as successful as a child. It will be a rocky road at the start, but you will find it easy in time. I will help you make your dreams came true!! All you have to do, is believe in yourself that you can do it. :)
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
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Sharing one of my home service lessons. After 4 sessions, Julia can now read notes and
play twinkle twinkle little star without looking at her hands.. Such a
Smart girl!!
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
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I have a guitar pupil that i have been handling for already a year. her name is Naomi and she's 15 years old. we only meet once a week every Saturday morning. she started from nothing, as in no knowledge and skills in playing a guitar. I started to teach her by having a normal conversation. We talked about her hobbies, likes, or where she loves to hang out and where she spends her time mostly. We just had our first meeting sharing about ourselves, just building trust to each other. And of course I talked about the guitar to motivate her to be excited in learning the guitar. And along the way, she was enjoying learning the guitar because every meeting that we had, I always make sure that she learns something.
Learning a guitar or any other musical instruments is not a magical kind of thing, its not an overnight happening. You need to learn to be patient, be teachable and love your music. As for Naomi, she was very patient enough and so eager to learn. In a span of 6 months with proper practices, she was able to play 2 guitar pieces on her recital day. she was able to accompany me in rhythm guitar while I was playing a solo guitar. And currently, we continue to have our guitar lessons and shes learning to play a song by ear without reading notes and trying to improvise her music by using all the theories and techniques that she learned through out our previous lesson. And right now she is pursuing to become and advance guitar player.
These are pics from some of our guitar lessons
Guitar Lessons in Davao
