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Sister and brother piano lessons in the Hills

Posted on June 8, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I enjoy my weekly journey to a home way up in the Hills of El Cerrito (neighbor to Berkeley) There, I teach Lucy and Fritz who play a lovely, resonant Baldwin Acrosonic that I advised mom to purchase (over at … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Keyboard closer to the long distance piano student

Posted on March 8, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Yesterday, my Logitech cam was un-clipped from the Big Mac during a lesson to Greece. The pupil, hanging out on the island of Kos, needed a graphic representation of my hands braving a few difficult measures in Bach’s Little Fugue … Continue reading →

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Revisiting an old piano piece learned years earlier

Posted on February 13, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I find my current musical journey down memory lane to be joyful and challenging–especially as I cut and paste the Mozart Rondo: Allegro, K. 311 pages to fit comfortably on the piano rack. (Deja Vu, Haydn C Major Hoboken XVI35–Haydn … Continue reading →

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A Well-known Haydn Piano Sonata is pinned!

Posted on January 21, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I don’t mean to inject pins into this post, but it amply introduces Haydn’s vibrant Sonata no. 35 in C Major. Yesterday, as I diligently embarked upon learning this masterpiece, I had to deal with basic housekeeping matters: How to … Continue reading →

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A Skype piano lesson-in-progress bundled with technique and Romantic era phrasing

Posted on January 10, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Despite the imperfection of the media environment, there’s intrinsic musical and pedagogical value in web-cam-driven piano lessons. Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Don’t always accentuate the downbeat– Burgmuller’s music proves it (Video)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“Inquietude” from Burgmuller’s Op. 100 collection of Twenty-Five Progressive pieces, invites a player to examine harmonic progressions as a clue to phrasing a composition that’s often pounded to death with unnecessary DOWNBEAT accents. Seymour Bernstein, distinguished pianist, teacher and author, … Continue reading →

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Knee-jerk technology brings the keyboard closer to an Online piano student

Posted on December 28, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

By reassigning a web cam to my knee, I was able to assist a student with a nagging measure. Continue reading →

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Skype Lesson- in-Progress: It works!

Posted on November 3, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Skyped piano lessons are the wave of the future. Continue reading →

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Excerpts from a SKYPED Piano Lesson to Greece

Posted on July 27, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

In these video segments, the student is practicing Sonatina in C, OP. 36, No. 3, first and last movements: These replays can be very helpful for the student, who is sent copies of his lesson-in-progress. ***

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Piano Instruction: Clementi Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3 (parts 1 and 2) and a Skyped lesson-in-progress recorded by camcorder

Posted on July 20, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Supplements to Skyped lessons come in two forms. I will either send an unlisted mid-week video to a long-distance learner as a brush-up, or I’ll upload public videos that can be universally shared. Both help me crystallize how I will … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: piano lessons by Skype

Sister and brother piano lessons in the Hills

Bringing the Keyboard closer to the long distance piano student

Revisiting an old piano piece learned years earlier

A Well-known Haydn Piano Sonata is pinned!

A Skype piano lesson-in-progress bundled with technique and Romantic era phrasing

Piano Instruction: Don’t always accentuate the downbeat– Burgmuller’s music proves it (Video)

Knee-jerk technology brings the keyboard closer to an Online piano student

Skype Lesson- in-Progress: It works!

Excerpts from a SKYPED Piano Lesson to Greece

Piano Instruction: Clementi Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3 (parts 1 and 2) and a Skyped lesson-in-progress recorded by camcorder

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