I must admit that when I journeyed to Piedmont Pianos before it moved out of downtown San Francisco, I wasn't taken by a huge, 10-foot plus Italian piano with extra keys that was the featured attraction. (The Giraffe piano at Peninsula in Palo Alto upstaged it) And the older, re-built Steinways on the S.F. premises… Continue reading Angela Hewitt, pianist, plays J.S. Bach beautifully on a Fazioli
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Skype Lesson- in-Progress: It works!
Skyped piano lessons are the wave of the future.
Scarlatti adorned
Solano's Oriental Rug Gallery provided the backdrop for Domenico Scarlatti's music
Playing A Children’s “Game” while learning the piano (Videos)
Kabalevsky bundled important aspects of piano technique into his Op. 39 Pieces for Children.
My complete analysis of Bach’s Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 926 (Video)
This in-depth examination of Bach's composition follows a Skype lesson. Most long-distance learning students need this reinforcement to make good use of their practice time during the week. http://youtu.be/R6Arx_1NaIw LINK: https://arioso7.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/bachs-little-prelude-in-d-minor-bwv-926-is-by-no-means-diminutive-videos/
In this corner, the “Elephant in the Room Piano,” in a match-up with the Harpsichord
Should Bach be played on the harpsichord or piano? The discussion between fervent partisans can get ugly and come to blows! So let's go ringside!
Ensler Lighting on Solano has a musical “connection”
In a routine search for a lamp shade to fit my old Stiffel, I stumbled upon an awe-inspiring space with a musical tie-in.
The importance of Sight-singing, Ear-Training, and Theory in Piano Study
Theory and Ear-Training are indispensable ingredients of a well-rounded music education.
New, second blog site at Word Press…
Hallowed ground or a dumpsite of Bezerkeley rental rejects?
Technique is creatively woven into the piano learning environment from the very beginning of study
A discussion is intensifying on Facebook's "The Art of Piano Pedagogy" about teaching technique as a separate sphere of learning, versus an inseparable part of the total music-making process. I tend to embrace a style of teaching that fuses all ingredients together. This bias does not rule out quality time I assign students to practice… Continue reading Technique is creatively woven into the piano learning environment from the very beginning of study
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