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Piano repertoire: Review and Refresh

Posted on April 2, 2017 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Striking a balance between learning new pieces and keeping a connection to older ones, requires a commitment to well-parceled, organized practice time. It presents a challenge that invites a particular focus on preserving familiarity with repertoire that can easily slip … Continue reading →

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A Motivated adult piano student with an International profile

Posted on February 28, 2017 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Right now, as I’m posting these words in Berkeley, CA, my student, Claire, (an international lawyer) who avidly practices the piano in two different time zones, is perched high up in her apartment overlooking Sydney Harbor. It’s 19 hours past … Continue reading →

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Don’t Choke through peak sections of a Chopin Nocturne

Posted on June 10, 2016 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Many adult students get bent out of shape when a piece of “night music” blooms with “improvised,” decorative passagework at peak expressive levels. Add in prolonged trills with lower notes tied (held down) leading to a decisive crescendo through a … Continue reading →

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Creating a seamless, singing tone legato through arpeggios and scales

Posted on June 2, 2016 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

My students are often amused by my prompts that frequently include “oohs,” “ahhs,” and “wah’s,” among other spaced out sounds, to prevent consonant sounding notes or hard-liners from interrupting a smooth, “sighing” stepwise descent to the tonic. And from this … Continue reading →

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Centering the beat for cohesion in scale playing

Posted on November 19, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“…No matter what the mood to be conveyed, or how sensitive the playing, it is the rhythm that binds the expression.” Mildred Portney Chase, Just Being at the Piano Most students, including myself, sometimes find ourselves running away from our … Continue reading →

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Our Global-wide Skype Music Sharing: Triumph over Tragedy

Posted on November 15, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I posted the following on my Facebook page after my adult students played for their peers yesterday over Skype. Their performances were beamed from London, England; Sydney, Australia; near Asheville, North Carolina; Prospect, Kentucky; Chico, California, and Berkeley, home of … Continue reading →

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Imagination fuels expressive piano playing

Posted on November 11, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

As my local and Online piano students gear up for their bi-annual music sharing this coming Saturday over Skype, a commonly expressed concern is how to harness the imagination to feed a musical journey right from the opening measure of … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: adult piano lessons

Piano repertoire: Review and Refresh

A Motivated adult piano student with an International profile

Don’t Choke through peak sections of a Chopin Nocturne

Creating a seamless, singing tone legato through arpeggios and scales

Centering the beat for cohesion in scale playing

Imagination fuels expressive piano playing

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