Learn to Play the Piano Make Music
Piano Teacher composer-pianist based in South London
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I provide piano, theory and composition lessons at all levels, for children (5 & up) and adults. For beginner piano students I emphasize learning by ear over reading music. My piano lessons are an opportunity to learn poise and focus in an enjoyable way, in addition to learning pieces and techniques.
I am an American composer-pianist based in South London. Originally from northern California, I came to London 16 years ago to do a PhD, which I earned in April 2011, and happily have stayed - I now divide my time between teaching, performing, and composing for video art and experimental theater.
I have 25 years of experience as accompanist/coach and piano teacher, and I have tutored music theory, composition, and music & culture, at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cornell University, Amherst College (USA), University of Sussex, King's College London, and Goldsmiths University of London, as well as privately. I earned a postgraduate certificate in performance teaching from Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2018).
Qualification: FHEA
Qualification: FHEA
Hampstead, London
England
Experienced piano teacher and accompanist
Great Harwood, Lancashire
England
I teach piano & violin from my own home in Great
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
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Tuning Temperaments
How many piano tuning temperaments are there?
There are countless variations, but most fall within three major categories;
1. Meantone, which generally concentrated the dissonance into a few unusable intervals (often called "wolf" intervals), so that the others could be Just. These are often called "restrictive" tunings, since there are certain intervals that are not usable. Good intervals are really good, bad ones are really bad. The Meantone era was approx. 1400-1700
2. Well-Temperament, which gives more consonance to the most often used keys, and more dissonance to the lesser used ones. Though not equal, these tunings are "non-restrictive" because all intervals can be used. The intervals range from Just to barely acceptable. Well-temperament refers to a genre, not a specific tuning. The Well-Tempered era is approx. 1700-1880.
3. Equal Temperament, which spreads the dissonance equally among all intervals.
There is no difference in consonance or dissonance between any keys, thus, there are no good ones or bad ones. Equal temperament represents a complete average. Dates of its acceptance are debated, but there is ample evidence that it was widely available by 1900 and is the predominate tuning on keyboards, today.
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