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I find defined structure shapes my lessons very well. I have fortnightly lessons. Each lesson has progressive scales/arpeggios OR sight reading and a piece. These alternate for each lesson whilst I do at home inbetween. Repetoire pieces are played alternate weeks. The week in between, I do daily sight reading and scales, work on specific parts of the piece learning in the piano. Technique is covered in every lesson. At home I play my repetoire pieces as often as possible during the week as well as recording to hear strengths and struggles!!! The little pieces (quick) I learn weekly. As an adult this is easy to do but I see the vid relates to teaching children so more guidance is neccessary.
This won't work for me. I overcame the metronome struggles and now I enjoy using it. I learned Bach Invention no.1 using the metronome and it was extremely useful.
Really good video and I laughed during the first sketch. That said, I'd respectfully disagree on your first point (Obviously the sketch is exaggerated, no teacher just puts a book and says "this is C" before he even feels the keys) . I'm not saying your methods or the likes of 'Suzuki' are wrong as every teacher does things differently, but for me teaching a kid how to read music - either through a score or just presenting chords on a paper, simply works better due to the *multimedia effect* - it is empirically proven that people learn better when they see / hear / touch the keys and connect in their brain how the visuals, and sound and the touch align (unlike the antiquated notion that's called 'Learning Styles' which unfortunately I was injected with in Uni ad nauseam). The other purpose of sheet music for a learner is to reduce congnitive overload. I would agree that for the very young, sheet music is tiresome and should not be used for the entire lesson. I like to spice up lessons with fun piano games, percussion instruments and music trivia etc. to "sweeten" it for the kids. As someone who speaks 4 languages (2 fluent, 2 intermediate) I can say - In fact, I started learning a very difficult language less than a year ago and people are amazed at how good I am considering the time I've been practising. This is because the first thing I did when I started was to write down every single letter (and there are 44!) + the equivalent English pronounciation etc. Still I congratulate you on your video and I'd pretty much agree with everything else said... Subbed !
you, are a life saver. my new father in law gave his old Tombi Accordian and said, "if you want my daughters hand...you will learn to play. I figured I am doomed. but no! I can do this!
This video is 4 years old but I am just finding it - good info. However I am still perplexed as to how to get those converted mp3s (from apple music) such that Chord Tracker reads them? Which library do I put them in? Apple music folder, Itunes folder? Any suggestions?
Hi Tim. Thanksa lot for the excellent intro to iReal Pro. I am definately buying the app. I am a novice alto sax player of about 16 /17 years. I play tunes , but not to backing tracks and proper timing. In the last few years I have been trying to improve with karioke backing and what a drag. Your intro tutorial has gotten me what I am looking for. Thanks again and Im looking to see more from you
Mine prepay. If I don’t get 24hrs notice, they don’t get a make-up and I keep the money. It’s in my agreement and it works! Not many lessons missed now LOL
I'm trying to teach my 5 year old and I notice I get REALLY obsessed with getting his hand posture relaxed and correct. 😓. Should I not worry so much at such a young age? I don't want him to develop bad habits but I know I'm not making it fun....!
Hi Tim! I love your ideas about making connections between classical and contemporary pieces. There really is a lot of overlap. I also like the idea of turning this into an improvisation. My students love to highlight their scores. I'm glad the piece was useful for demonstrating these concepts.
Great video! I shared this on the deadmau5 subreddit and deadmau5 himself responded! Here’s what he said: “Yeah, pretty cool breakdown, but yup, def Purcell / Wendy Carlos inspired... and the clockwork is a nod to ticking right on the circle of fifths in full and also a nod to a clockwork orange ;) Which is one of my favorite movies. This guy tho kinda funny "I dare not watch it" hahaha all good, either way he does a great breakdown!”
Yeah!! So good. Teacher here in the UK, I love classical and dance music and the circle of 5ths, what more could a person wish for!? 😂 I love your output, and your general enthusiasm and positivity around music pedagogy. You make me feel brave to experiment with unconventional ways of doing things, and following where the students’ (and my) energy take us. Thank you so much. ❤
