Private Piano Lessons 10 Weeks

I have been teaching piano for 16 years and I love meeting new students! I am a friendly, laid-back teacher who enjoys getting to know new people, and I love it when they are excited about music! I want my students to have fun during lessons and not to feel overwhelmed or pressured. This 10-week course allows me to find out a student's strengths in a one-on-one environment where the student has 100% of my attention. It is easy to modify or adjust my teaching style or methods to accommodate different types of learners. I have experience with teaching students from ages 4-65, and I have never met a student who couldn't learn music.

During this course, students will learn:
- music theory and performance
- note reading
- how notes on the staff
- intervals
- dynamics
- how to play notes on the piano
- proper hand position and placement
- chords and how to play lead sheets

Week 1 - get to know the student, talk about what kind of music they want to play, introduce notes on the keyboard and on the staff

Week 2 - review, talk about the different kinds of notes, learn finger numbers

Week 3 - practice a simple song using finger numbers or notes (depending on age).  Talk about the metronome and rhythm.

Week 4 - play the song that was assigned last week, learn CDE in the right hand on the piano. Talk about how notes can step on the staff

Week 5 - perform the song that was assigned, learn AB in the left hand and practice a simple song using all 5 of these notes in "Butterfly" position.

Week 6 - play the song that was assigned, possibly learn a C chord (depending on age). Discuss how notes can skip on the staff and look for examples

Week 7 - play the assigned song, review steps/skips on the staff, learn a new type of note

Week 8 - play the song that was assigned, practice the C chord and add an F chord. Work on playing hands together.

Week 9 - continue to practice playing hands together, review rhythm and dynamics, if time permits add FG in the right hand.

Week 10 - add FG in the left hand and review all notes on the staff. At this point students should be able to play songs in Middle C position!



Lessons will include:
- warmup activity (sight reading, technique, etc)

- play songs that were assigned the previous week 
- discuss how to improve their practiced songs (add dynamics, review rhythm, add articulation, change tempo, etc)

- if applicable, choose a new song to practice. Try to play parts of the song before the lesson is over, discuss any new theory concepts covered in the song. 

- if time permits, do a fun activity! Play a rhythm game, learn new chords, improvise a melody, strengthen note reading, "Name that Tune", etc.