What I've got:
As I have been thinking about how to help my students succeed, I have come to a conclusion: that if I want my students to be polished and accomplished, I need to be that way myself. I can play most if not all the hymns at church with little problem. I have accompanied singers and choirs at church as well. Individually at home I enjoy singing along to songs that I can sight read and play. Others I have been working on for a while. Some of my skills on the piano have transferred to the organ, which requires some new techniques that come in handy while playing the piano as well.
With that said, I also have room to grow, (and lots of it). While teaching one of my students, we came across a glissando. I wondered if there was an official way to approach playing one, as I had never been taught that. On YouTube, we found a demonstration, which greatly improved the way we were playing the glissando. I would like to find some songs that use glissando and learn other techniques as well. I have only played so high as a 16th note or a triply (if that is even what they are called). I would like to learn and perfect some other piano techniques that are not as common in every day accompaniment. Occasionally, I have to ask my mother (who also taught piano lessons) what something is called or for help counting out a difficult rhythm. I would like to be at the point my mother is at and to continue to grow in my piano expertise.
What I would like to know:
Today I attempted to play something that looked like a triply, but instead of three notes, there were 7 that you were supposed to fit into one count. I would have appreciated an example of what that sounds like. What is it called when you have a note with three lines on top? a 32nd note? And what is the counting strategy teachers are using for those? I can only remember ever playing a 16th note. I want to learn how to play faster. I hear pianists that play really fast. Are they doing glissando some of that time? Or what tricks do they know to accomplishing that?
Is there a use for learning to play classical music, even if it doesn't appeal to you? Is there something inherent in classical music that other more modern pieces don't have? Some old piano music seems dull and void of feeling. I have not played much classical music, but I also don't particularly enjoy listening to classical piano music. Maybe I have not been exposed to the right pieces. That is another aspect of teaching that I should improve: my knowledge of classics.
How I plan to get there:
My husband has been wanting to learn to play the piano, and he has a system that will teach him how to play. I am thinking that some of it will be simple if it is starting from the beginning, but it also might offer some useful instruction. It might give me ideas for teaching my students as well as for filling in the blanks in my piano knowledge.
I would like to work up a challenging piece to play at the next piano recital and learn the techniques I don't know through YouTube and Google.
As I have been thinking about how to help my students succeed, I have come to a conclusion: that if I want my students to be polished and accomplished, I need to be that way myself. I can play most if not all the hymns at church with little problem. I have accompanied singers and choirs at church as well. Individually at home I enjoy singing along to songs that I can sight read and play. Others I have been working on for a while. Some of my skills on the piano have transferred to the organ, which requires some new techniques that come in handy while playing the piano as well.
With that said, I also have room to grow, (and lots of it). While teaching one of my students, we came across a glissando. I wondered if there was an official way to approach playing one, as I had never been taught that. On YouTube, we found a demonstration, which greatly improved the way we were playing the glissando. I would like to find some songs that use glissando and learn other techniques as well. I have only played so high as a 16th note or a triply (if that is even what they are called). I would like to learn and perfect some other piano techniques that are not as common in every day accompaniment. Occasionally, I have to ask my mother (who also taught piano lessons) what something is called or for help counting out a difficult rhythm. I would like to be at the point my mother is at and to continue to grow in my piano expertise.
What I would like to know:
Today I attempted to play something that looked like a triply, but instead of three notes, there were 7 that you were supposed to fit into one count. I would have appreciated an example of what that sounds like. What is it called when you have a note with three lines on top? a 32nd note? And what is the counting strategy teachers are using for those? I can only remember ever playing a 16th note. I want to learn how to play faster. I hear pianists that play really fast. Are they doing glissando some of that time? Or what tricks do they know to accomplishing that?
Is there a use for learning to play classical music, even if it doesn't appeal to you? Is there something inherent in classical music that other more modern pieces don't have? Some old piano music seems dull and void of feeling. I have not played much classical music, but I also don't particularly enjoy listening to classical piano music. Maybe I have not been exposed to the right pieces. That is another aspect of teaching that I should improve: my knowledge of classics.
How I plan to get there:
My husband has been wanting to learn to play the piano, and he has a system that will teach him how to play. I am thinking that some of it will be simple if it is starting from the beginning, but it also might offer some useful instruction. It might give me ideas for teaching my students as well as for filling in the blanks in my piano knowledge.
I would like to work up a challenging piece to play at the next piano recital and learn the techniques I don't know through YouTube and Google.
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