Lesson 8 suffered the pangs of loss because of a camcorder shut down so today we switched over to my iMac’s iMovie. (I’m still learning the video editing program so apologies for synch-related issues at the track’s end)
Rina reviewed the musical alphabet and tapped individual notes to various prerecorded CD selections. For “Bear” by Rebikov (F practice) and Burgmuller’s “Ballade” (C) I joined her on the bench as a duet partner.
Rina will play at the MTAC Fall Festival on October 29th in a Halloween theme recital so we rehearsed “Bear” at today’s lesson. During the week, she will tap to a You Tube video I had made for her.
I see nice progress since her very first lesson. She has developed a round, relaxed hand position, (with periodic teacher reminders) and has a keen sense of rhythm. Her attention span is improving along with her awareness of the singing tone.
I’m enjoying this richly rewarding musical journey with a 4-year old beginning student because it gives me an opportunity to focus on tone production in baby steps with no rush to “position” the hand or force fingers into premature “legato” playing. The pace makes sense and the instruction is musically sound. Beautiful, classical style repertoire is the mainstay of this book, which is most appreciated.
Read Review, “Tales of a Musical Journey” at Pianoaddict.com:
http://pianoaddict.com/2011/07/review-tales-of-a-musical-journey/
Recommended links:
Irina Gorin’s Piano Studio
