December 9th, 2009 Brian
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November 23rd, 2009 Brian
Piano Lessons – 1: Knowing the following is essential for reading music notes on the staff. The letter names of the treble line notes are E G B D F and treble space notes are F A C E. If you are having difficulty in reading a note, ask yourself “Is it a line note or space note?” If it is a line note on the fourth line, work your way up from the bottom line i.e. E G B D; the answer is ‘D’. Similarly, if it is a space in the second space, work your way up from the bottom space i.e. F A; the answer is ‘A’.This is a systematic way of working out the letter name of a note. Remember that ‘E’ on the first line is the ‘E’ two notes to the right of Middle C on the keyboard, and ‘F’ in the first space is three notes to the right of Middle C on the keyboard.
Piano Lessons – 2: The letter names of the bass line notes are G B D F A and the bass space notes are A C E G; i.e. just delete the bottom letter of the treble lines or spaces, and add a letter at the top. Remember that ‘G’ on the first line is the second ‘G’ down from Middle C on the keyboard, and ‘A’ in the first space is the second ‘A’ down from Middle C on the keyboard.
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October 19th, 2009 Brian
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Piano Lessons – 1: Music moves in two’s or three’s. For example, in Four Four Time the beats in each bar are Strong Weak Medium Weak. The third beat being of medium accent, gives the effect of each measure consisting of two lots of two beats. In Three Four Time the beats are Strong Weak Weak. The subdivisions of beats can also be divided; sometimes into two’s and other times, into three’s,
Piano Lessons – 2: There are two elements to touch on the piano. They are the speed of the depression of the key, and weight. For example, if you want to play a fast scale softly, each key would have to be taken down rapidly (quick speed of depression) with just finger weight (light weight).
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October 3rd, 2009 Brian
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First lesson posts October 31, 2009
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September 8th, 2009 Brian
Piano Lessons – 1: Technique starts with being able to activate each finger independently. Place your hand as though holding a ball with all finger tips touching the surface of a table. Move your thumb up and down five times with an even rhythm while the tips of the other fingers remain still with no hand movement. Repeat this exercise with each finger. Carry out the same exercises with each finger of the other hand.
Piano Lessons – 2: With the right pedal depressed play glissando with the backs of your right hand finger from the lowest part of the keyboard going to the highest. When you reach the middle of the piano, release the pedal to hear the cut off.
Piano Lessons – 3: Using all your fingers of each hand play the whole tone scale descending from the C one octave above Middle C with the right pedal depressed. You will hear a fascinating sound. Just play ten notes black or white and make sure there is one key between each note you play. Play the notes evenly and as fast as you like.
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August 18th, 2009 Brian
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July 5th, 2009 Brian
This week I will play B (3rd line) D (4th line) F (5th line), then play them one at a time asking the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff. I will write about the next step next week.
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June 19th, 2009 Brian
In my post of 31 May 2009 I mentioned about clapping rhythms, and that no matter what duration the note has, each clap is short in sound. I did ask my students to sing ‘la’ while clapping each note ensuring that the ‘la’ sounded for the correct duration of the value of the note. This is the first time I have tried this with students and it worked with no trouble at all. I will keep using this strategy for teaching rhythm.
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June 19th, 2009 Brian
In my last post on Professional Development Studies I mentioned about a text book containing information about music literacy. I included in my post about playing three notes E on the first line of the treble staff, B on the third or middle line of the treble staff, and F on the 5th or top line of the treble staff. After the student has heard these notes played by me, I would play them one at a time and get the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff. This week I will play E (1st line) G (2nd line) B (3rd line), then play them one at a time asking the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff. I will write about the next step next week.
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May 31st, 2009 Brian
In January 2009 I commenced ‘Master of Music Practitioner ‘ post graduate studies at the University of Western Australia. At present I am doing human musical development studies. These take you back thousands of years to the discovery of a bone which could have been made into a musical instrument. The study also includes musical development of a fetus in the last few months of pregnancy; also musical development after birth right into adulthood. The question of music being genetically inherited is difficult to prove to date; however it is still recognized.
In one of my text books there is a chapter on music literacy, and it has given me an idea I can try, because I find that many students have difficulty reading music notation. It is getting the beginner student to learn aurally the sound of notes before reading them. I may commence by playing E on the 1st line of the treble staff, B on the middle line of the treble staff and F on the top line of the treble staff. After the student has heard these notes I will then play them one at a time and get the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff. I will write about the next step next week.
Also re clapping rhythms. The text book states that no matter what duration the note has, each clap is short in sound. This had me thinking also, and I will see if I can get the student to sing ‘La’ as they clap each note and make certain the student holds on to the ‘La’ sound for the correct duration. I will let you know how I get on here.
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