All articles from: October, 2008

The Orchard

Those working on the jazz syllabus may be interested to watch this demo of “The Orchard” from the Grade 2 syllabus.

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Newsletter Issue 6 published

The latest edition (Issue 6) of my Piano Teaching Newsletter has been published in print format and is also available to download. Copies will be distributed at your next lesson.

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Piano gallery podcast

The first piano gallery podcast features the following recordings from the archives:

Charleston – Ayesha
Minnie Mouse Hits Town – Laura
Every Good Boy – Own composition by Oliver

A new episode will be produced every few weeks providing that my pupils practise hard and prepare their pieces well. The podcast is now available through iTunes

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Metronomes on phones

I recently posted information about a low cost metronome from Lidl. This got me thinking about a number of other metronome devices I have used in the past. As a peripatetic music teacher I need to have a metronome with me all the time as many schools do not have one built into the piano. [...]

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Twelve Bar Blues Improvisation

A demonstration of a simple blues piano improvisation which also happens to be my first foray into youtube video uploads!

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