The plans are designed around a naked upright piano. If you have a grand piano you can modify the plans slightly to make it work for you. Although I highly recommend picking up the book ‘The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano’, you do not absolutely need it. You’ll just … Read more
The piano is a fascinating instrument with more than 12,000 parts, yet even a lot of our early advanced students – who can play beautifully – don’t really have an understanding of how it works. So, it’s time to get naked! Er, um, that is, time to get the piano naked. In the Naked Piano … Read more
This ‘But-the-Pieces’ lesson plan is designed to introduce lead sheets to any student at any level. Lead sheets are an important form of notation for students to understand. Not all students will go on to create their own elaborate arrangements or to play in bands that use lead sheets, but they should have that avenue … Read more
This ‘But-the-Pieces’ lesson plan is designed to help students to not just compose a piece, but to really get the most out the experience that they can and learn about what goes into writing a great piece of music. Weeks 1 & 2 are all about introducing or revising concepts like melody, harmony and rhythm; … Read more
This ‘But-the-Pieces’ lesson plan is designed to take late beginner/early intermediate piano students from barely knowing what a chord is, to knowing all the major and minor chords, and having an understanding of inversions and how they’re formed. But-the-Pieces Plans cover aspects other than repertoire. These plans will work well one on one with a … Read more