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- by Celestite
- 10 Sep 2008, 22:33
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: short virtuosic romantic pieces
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12394
- by Celestite
- 09 Sep 2008, 20:01
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE!10 today!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9600
- by Celestite
- 26 Aug 2008, 22:56
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: 2009 Grade 1 pieces
- Replies: 119
- Views: 65877
Evening Dave et al! It's music to a piano teacher's ears to hear you all enjoying your learning and playing so much. As Dave says, I'm Grade 8 plus (honours degree and performance diplomas to be precise) but I will NEVER reach the stage where I feel I know enough to stop learning. If I do, my husban...
- by Celestite
- 15 Aug 2008, 19:27
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: What are we all learning to play at the moment?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 42647
I'm thoroughly looking forward to the Ravel. It is one of the first pieces I ever heard my duet partner play all those eons ago at college. Roll on September! I played the Gminor rhapsody donkey's years ago as a teenager and just to prove my advancing years, I had a senior moment when I said I was g...
- by Celestite
- 14 Aug 2008, 21:25
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: What are we all learning to play at the moment?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 42647
I've been working on the Prelude from Bach's English Suite No3 and a really lovely Impromptu by Glazunov. My fingers are itching to get started on my next projects - the Gavotte from the same English Suite, Ravel's Sonatine and one of the Brahms' Rhapsodies but they are going to have to wait until t...
- by Celestite
- 11 Jul 2008, 06:58
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano Teachers- Please Help!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7131
- by Celestite
- 10 Jul 2008, 23:20
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: How much does it cost to get a piano tuned?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13528
- by Celestite
- 10 Jul 2008, 23:14
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
Nobody likes exams! You just have to get on with it, it's all over in 10 minutes. The last exam I took was grade 3 several years ago, before I stopped bothering with them. I think i got 141/150. I was chuffed! If it's any consolation to you, I was up at our local exam centre yesterday accompanying ...
- by Celestite
- 10 Jul 2008, 23:11
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano Teachers- Please Help!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7131
- by Celestite
- 05 Jul 2008, 22:47
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Are you SCARED of your piano?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10778
- by Celestite
- 05 Jul 2008, 22:38
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Are you SCARED of your piano?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10778
- by Celestite
- 05 Jul 2008, 22:30
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Are you SCARED of your piano?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10778
- by Celestite
- 05 Jul 2008, 22:29
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Are you SCARED of your piano?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10778
- by Celestite
- 05 Jul 2008, 21:43
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Are you SCARED of your piano?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10778
- by Celestite
- 25 Jun 2008, 16:33
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 22:55
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 22:26
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 22:11
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 21:56
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Adult beginners
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6329
Adult beginners
Has anybody used the Alfred's Basic Adult Beginners Course, and if so, what did you think of it (either as a teacher or as a pupil)?
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 21:53
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Piano practise from hell
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28411
Dave, the only difference between someone having a bad practice for Grade 1 and someone having a bad practice at post degree level is that the more advanced practicee cocks it up for longer and has fistfuls of more wrong notes and dire sounds! After years of swearing, throwing paddies and banging my...
- by Celestite
- 24 Jun 2008, 21:18
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: RNCB tuning dep to be closed
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24831
Chuffing tragic. And all the time, Polish colleges are turning out technicians. There is a real lack of respect for this profession in this country. In Germany, piano technicians are treated like royalty. Can I join in on the professional forum please then Barrie!? PG PG, I have the utmost respect ...
- by Celestite
- 20 Jun 2008, 09:26
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: CONCENTRATE!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 40655
- by Celestite
- 19 Jun 2008, 22:36
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: CONCENTRATE!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 40655
- by Celestite
- 19 Jun 2008, 21:12
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: METRONOME
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14898
- by Celestite
- 19 Jun 2008, 21:10
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: METRONOME
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14898
Aren't the wrong notes the ones the composer forgot to write down when he was sticking all the others on the manuscript? My metronome has two very useful functions: a) It hides the scratch the wretched cat put on the casework when it was chasing a daddy long legs. b) It's one less spot to have to du...
- by Celestite
- 19 Jun 2008, 20:49
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: CONCENTRATE!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 40655
How about just having a go at the left hand on its own to familiarise yourself with the sound of it, especially since the left hand has the tune and is the part you're going to want to bring out in this piece. Make sure you have the correct hand position before you start then try to think in terms o...
- by Celestite
- 19 Jun 2008, 20:02
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: CONCENTRATE!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 40655
Nope, dear chap. It just means that you read all the notes as written but rather than having loads of ledger lines because the left hand is playing above middle C, both hands are written in the treble clef, ie what you would normally play in the right hand is still the same but your left hand is jus...
- by Celestite
- 08 Jun 2008, 21:19
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 08 Jun 2008, 21:09
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 08 Jun 2008, 20:41
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 08 Jun 2008, 19:22
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 21:37
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 21:30
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 21:12
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 20:26
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 19:33
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
Indeed Vernon, indeed! We have a cabinet (it used to be a set of shelves until our toddler started helping himself - it now has locked doors on the front!) which contains 100 opened bottles of different malts which can be replaced when empty, plus another 50 or so dotted around the place, opened but...
- by Celestite
- 07 Jun 2008, 16:41
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Nothing to do with pianos
- Replies: 52
- Views: 35015
- by Celestite
- 30 May 2008, 19:28
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Tutoring in a school
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9543
Hi Nat Our Music Services operate through our local county council so you could start by contacting them and finding out how they provide peri teachers in their local schools. The interview I had with ours involved an audition where I had to play a couple of pieces on my first instrument (they didn'...
- by Celestite
- 30 May 2008, 19:28
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Tutoring in a school
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9543
Hi Nat Our Music Services operate through our local county council so you could start by contacting them and finding out how they provide peri teachers in their local schools. The interview I had with ours involved an audition where I had to play a couple of pieces on my first instrument (they didn'...
- by Celestite
- 25 May 2008, 21:21
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Which book first?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3156
Which book first?
Evening all! I am coming under increasing pressure to start performing in public again but the nightmares I go through before hand (and during) my public performances are just horrendous. I so want to give in to the pressure and be able to enjoy the experience a little into the bargain so I am start...
- by Celestite
- 16 May 2008, 20:05
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Motivation
- Replies: 65
- Views: 42636
- by Celestite
- 14 May 2008, 21:50
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Motivation
- Replies: 65
- Views: 42636
Hi Gill Thanks for the advice, sorry it's taken so long to respond - life, kids, the universe, you know how it goes! I'm a big fan of homeopathy and the Bach remedies but I think mine is a psychological rather than a physiological problem and I don't have great enough mental control to get control o...
- by Celestite
- 05 May 2008, 21:21
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Motivation
- Replies: 65
- Views: 42636
Ok Guys, moving on from the motivation theme, I'm now faced with another dilemma. Having got myself playing for 90 mins. most days and had another meeting with my mentor, she's now asking me to take part a) in her pupil concert in June and b) in an EPTA recital in October for accompnists. I've whimp...
- by Celestite
- 30 Apr 2008, 19:49
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: I DID IT!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10031
You under sell yourself. The secret is to pretend you're practicing and that takes the pressure off. I find it extremely nerve racking playing to hubby, he is used to listening to the great pianists and has a very discerning ear, but if I'm just practicing and then go on to play the piece all the wa...
- by Celestite
- 30 Apr 2008, 16:11
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: I DID IT!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10031
- by Celestite
- 28 Apr 2008, 22:40
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: The things they come out with
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11103
http://www.whiskybembel.de/L/07.gif Back to the original thread and my dear little coffin lady, I now know where she gets it from. Her mother phoned me this afternoon with the most original excuse I've ever had for cancelling a lesson. She informs me her daughter will not be coming for her lesson t...
- by Celestite
- 27 Apr 2008, 21:14
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: The things they come out with
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11103
- by Celestite
- 23 Apr 2008, 22:13
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: The things they come out with
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11103
Hmm, I don't know about blissful silence, but I certainly seem to have the knack of bringing about stunned silences! You must be some sort of wonder woman, Gill - not only are you one of those very rare tuners who plays aswell, you also have a book on crystals. Does this mean you have a passion for ...
- by Celestite
- 22 Apr 2008, 22:28
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: The things they come out with
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11103
The things they come out with
I just had to share this little gem with you all! One of my dear pupils went to a local museum on a school trip today and then came up for her piano lesson. Showing a general interest in her day, like the dutiful teacher I am, I asked her what she'd liked best in the museum to which she replied &quo...
- by Celestite
- 13 Apr 2008, 21:03
- Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
- Topic: Books for teaching beginners
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10518
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