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The pianist as conductor, choreographer, and singer (Mozart Andante, Sonata in C Major, K. 545)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

How to integrate the physical, emotional and singable when learning Mozart’s Sonata in C Major, K. 545, Andante. Continue reading →

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Phrasing at the piano: Listening to the ends of notes as they flow into others

Posted on June 23, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I’ve chosen Burgmuller’s “Tender Flower” as the springboard to explore attentive listening and its relationship to phrasing. At the outset, the right moment to begin a piece is a challenge. The player has to experience the whole dimension of silence … Continue reading →

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A Music Packed Saturday and Sunday! (Video) and NEW PHOTOS!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

The MTAC Baroque Festival and Daniil Trifonov’s recital at Fresno State cap this weekend’s events, giving our city a warm cultural embrace amidst its Bulldog-driven sports fever! First on the line-up, Claudia, 11, will play the Yamaha concert grand piano … Continue reading →

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Teaching Gillock’s delightfully appealing, Later Elementary Level music: “The Glass Slipper” (Video)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I have no reservation about the immense teaching value of William Gillock’s music from elementary through advanced levels. And while the titles in the first few volumes appeal to children, the pieces can be universally enjoyed by piano students of … Continue reading →

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Jello and other mental images for pianists

Posted on November 18, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Here comes the jello again. I thought I was the only one swimming around in it until I found the good company of Irina Gorin, piano teacher and author, who served what amounted to a jello substitute at her piano … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: chord playing with a supple wrist and natural, infused long breaths (Burgmuller’s “Ave Maria” as example)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Ilyana, 9, explored the supple wrist entry into chords at Forte (Big) and piano (soft) dynamic levels as the warm-up segment of her lesson. In addition she did some breathing exercises to give life and lift to her sonorities. More … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: Using a spring forward wrist, and arc motions for hand crossovers in Scarlatti Sonata in A, K. 113 (three videos)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Every so often I revisit a composition I’ve previously studied applying a different perspective. In Scarlatti’s A Major Sonata, with its very demanding Allegrissimo tempo marking that makes the crossed hand sections seem impossibly difficult, I decided to parcel out … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Attentive listening to the end of a note before playing the next (E minor arpeggio in TENTHS) Video

Posted on July 1, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

In the course of practicing an E minor Arpeggio, (E, G, B, E) in TENTHS (Right hand begins on G, finger no. 1) I reinforced the idea that listening attentively to the very end of a note before the next … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Learning from our colleagues (Videos)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Since we are very isolated as piano teachers, nurturing one-to-one relationships with our students for months and years at a time, we sometimes forget that there are other teaching universes beyond our own with repositories of ideas that may enrich … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Teaching fluidity of motion, phrasing, and the singing tone, Ilyana, 8, plays “Firefly” (Video)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Approach: Plan with the student before the piece is played. Map out the dynamics, articulation, whether staccato, legato or a combination. (For tonality, where does piece come to rest?) Identify the “mood” of the piece. Translate sound images into physical … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: phrasing at the piano

The pianist as conductor, choreographer, and singer (Mozart Andante, Sonata in C Major, K. 545)

Phrasing at the piano: Listening to the ends of notes as they flow into others

A Music Packed Saturday and Sunday! (Video) and NEW PHOTOS!

Teaching Gillock’s delightfully appealing, Later Elementary Level music: “The Glass Slipper” (Video)

Jello and other mental images for pianists

Piano Technique: chord playing with a supple wrist and natural, infused long breaths (Burgmuller’s “Ave Maria” as example)

Piano Technique: Using a spring forward wrist, and arc motions for hand crossovers in Scarlatti Sonata in A, K. 113 (three videos)

Piano Instruction: Attentive listening to the end of a note before playing the next (E minor arpeggio in TENTHS) Video

Piano Instruction: Learning from our colleagues (Videos)

Piano Instruction: Teaching fluidity of motion, phrasing, and the singing tone, Ilyana, 8, plays “Firefly” (Video)

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