12 best masterpieces that students must listen
1. Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
2. Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
3. Victor Herbert - March of the Toys
4. Clowns and Kids Suites - Alfred Schnittke
5. Star Wars Theme - John Williams
6. Strauss - The Beautiful Blue Danube
7. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
8. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
9. A. Ponchielli - La Gioconda-Dance of the Hours
10. Handel - Water Music
11. Bizet - Overture to Carmen
12. Beethoven - Für Elise
How to practice an instrument in a constructive way
Find a good time in the day.
Find a good place where you cannot be disturbed.
Map Out Your Practice Sessions.
Set a goal for each practice session.
Mark difficult passages with a clear sign.
Solve the identified problems.
Practice with interleaving when needed.
Make Sight-Reading perfect
Make Sight-Reading perfect
- Examine The Piece you’re Sight-Reading
- Set your hand in the correct position
Make Aural Perfect
Sing! - Advice students to start singing for fun, not weekly but DAILY!
Listen! - Advice students to start listening for fun, not weekly but DAILY!
5 Tips to make your scales perfect!
1. Always practice musically!
2. Never play too fast!
3. Develop an accurate inner pulse!
4. Practice different rhythmic groups.
5. No flat fingers!
Piano Melodic Minor Scales
The melodic minor scale has a particularity. It has two forms: ascending and descending. Ascending one has the same notes as the natural minor scale, except that the 6th and 7th degrees are raised by one Semitone (1/2 step). This changes creates a Major 6th between 1st degree and the 6th degree and also a Major 7th between 1st degree and the 7th degree.The 7th degree becomes Leading Tone in both, Harmonic and Melodic version. The descending melodic minor is just another name for the natural minor scale.
