For Adults with Musical Background

Lessons will be based on your goals & interests including the following:

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• Developing & improving music reading.

• Improving hand independence.

• Using effective fingering.  

• Learning to use the pedal effectively.

• Standards, jazz, show tunes and/or classical music.​

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Recommended Musical Background For those interested in Piano Lessons 

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To get the best value from your piano lessons with me, I recommend that

you have some musical background from one or more of these areas: previous

piano lessons, a few years of playing a band or orchestral instrument, experience

of singing in a church choir or choral group for a year or more.

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Piano/Keyboard: Students need to have a piano or digital piano (with weighted keys

like a piano).

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Musical Interests: In addition to including technique, music reading, some music theory, and some classical literature (if you are interested), your lessons will include learning to play songs with accompaniments based on chords.​​​

For Adults with Musical Background

Your Lessons will include:

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• Learning how to notate your ideas with musical notation software

• Review of time signatures and how to know the meter of a musical idea.

• Explanation of articulation, dynamics, rhythm and harmony, orchestration

• How to expand your ideas from the piano to larger ensembles.

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Recommended Musical Background For those interested in Composition Lessons

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To get the best value from your composition lessons with me, I recommend that you have some musical background from one or more of these areas: previous piano lessons, a few years of playing a band or orchestral instrument, experience of singing in a church choir or choral group for a year or more.