One-On-One Private Piano/Keyboard Lessons-1X a Week

One-on-one personalized, private lesson. Tailor-made for the student's level, personality, goals, experience, interests. Structured technique in playing the piano, music theory, reading music, building a repertoire (list of songs the student is able to play and enjoys playing), and learning general music education (about other instruments, composers, rhythm, et al) via Amy's Kahoot quizzes, Theory Worksheets and other means to maintain interest and engagement. The purpose is to keep the student feeling good about themselves and about learning piano. A solid music education combined with silly, musically-educational fun.

Please purchase the Piano Adventures Lesson Book Primer Level and if you would like to wait until after the first lesson that is fine and Amy will provide the first song. 

This Ongoing Class will build on the previous class. We will move song by song through the method book.

More advanced students will do a very quick review of below. Beginner students will receive this information over and over each week as a reminder because there is so much to learn when learning an instrument.
Students will be taught how to hold and sit with their instrument:

About their instrument.
High/low sounds.
Rhythm and timing.
How to read music.
How to recognize other instruments and what "family" of instruments they belong to.
Teaching style is to find the good no matter how small in every single child's accomplishments.
The student will be interacting with the teacher, not just listening to the teacher. 
The teacher will assess the child's progress through their playing of songs and reviewing previous music information learned  in our classes together. 
Student will be told specifically what they did well during class. 
A happy balance of solid music education and fun is the key!

Each week the student will progress at their own pace. For students who practice often they will move more quickly through songs and theory work. For a 5 year old, recommended practice is about 5-10 minutes 3-4x a week, for 10 year olds, recommended practice is about 15-20 minutes 3 to 4 times a week, for older, recommended is 20-30 minutes 3 to 4 times a week. Practice means playing their homework song all the way through without stopping if a mistake is made. Sitting correctly. Not stopping for mistakes. Going back and working on the mistake area, then playing again all the way through. Separate just for fun time should be allotted to playing to make up songs, goof around and enjoy the instrument. The more the student practices the better they will get on piano, the better they get, the more fun they will have!!!