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Keeping up our skills as piano teachers, with an “eye” to taking on challenges

Posted on April 9, 2017 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I couldn’t resist juxtaposing the importance of learning new and challenging music with an “eye” toward how we can best accomplish our short and long-term goals within our teaching milieu. (The EYE metaphor becomes CLEARER and dual serving as the … Continue reading →

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Exploring modulations, secondary dominants and sequences in a J.S. Bach keyboard learning journey

Posted on January 12, 2017 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Without doubt, the French Suites and other keyboard works of J.S. Bach require a multi-dimensional learning approach. It’s not enough to enter the universe of the great Baroque master with a singular intent to absorb counterpoint, or parcel voices, sing … Continue reading →

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Putting Slow Practicing to good use in a J.S. Bach Fugue Analysis

Posted on December 21, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I’ve been my own mentor to the exponential these past intensified 48 hours as I immersed myself in a slow, deep-layered analysis of J.S.Bach’s Fugue in Ab, BWV 862 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1) The detailed exploration not only heightened my … Continue reading →

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A Bach Fugue is a neuron booster and soul searcher

Posted on December 2, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

In my tepid re-entry into the universe of piano repertoire for two hands, I chose what would be the antithesis of a comfort zone in my injury recovery phase. But just the same, my brain needed stimulation, building neurotransmitters, as … Continue reading →

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When an adult piano student advances well beyond Primer preliminaries

Posted on August 27, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Peter started piano lessons from scratch about 1 and 1/2 years ago, not reading a note of music at the time, but having gads of enthusiasm about his maiden musical journey. Readers will be reminded of his earliest efforts playing … Continue reading →

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Getting immersed in LEARNING Bach’s F minor Fugue, BWV 881 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

Posted on August 18, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

My journey through the Baroque master’s Fugue no. 12 has been a labor of love though the form enshrined by J.S. Bach can be intimidating by its structural nit-pickings. Wikipedia, for example, cites BWV 847 in C minor, (the Fugue) … Continue reading →

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Piano Lesson summary videos cut to the chase

Posted on July 28, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I used to customarily record segments of lessons in progress that required sensitive editing before I uploaded them to you tube. It was not only a big job, but much of the video time was taken up with students lumbering … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Bach

Keeping up our skills as piano teachers, with an “eye” to taking on challenges

Exploring modulations, secondary dominants and sequences in a J.S. Bach keyboard learning journey

Putting Slow Practicing to good use in a J.S. Bach Fugue Analysis

A Bach Fugue is a neuron booster and soul searcher

When an adult piano student advances well beyond Primer preliminaries

Getting immersed in LEARNING Bach’s F minor Fugue, BWV 881 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

Piano Lesson summary videos cut to the chase

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