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Piano Instruction: Going outside the method book track by Shirley Kirsten
Reasons to think more creatively about teaching piano......
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Piano Instruction: How to practice a Major scale in 6ths by Shirley Kirsten
using organizers, rhythms, and more. A baby step approach that works....
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Piano Instruction: Learning a Mozart Minuet by Shirley Kirsten
with a baby-step approach (K. 6 in C Major)...
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Piano Instruction: Learning from our colleagues (Videos) by Shirley Kirsten
I draw on the teaching strategies of Irina Gorin which are dynamic and creative. (Beginning student videos)...
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Piano Instruction: Learning Schumann's Scenes of Childhood in layers by Shirley Kirsten
A step-wise journey through "Foreign Lands and Peoples" (No. 1, Kinderszenen)...
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Piano Instruction: Learning the F# minor scale (Video) by Shirley Kirsten
Tips on Organizing, chunking, phrasing, etc....
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Piano Instruction: Mozart Minuet in F, K. 2 by Shirley Kirsten
A step-by-step approach to learning this charming piece....
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Piano Instruction: Navigating Schumann's break speed Blindman's Bluff by Shirley Kirsten
How to stay the course without losing control. Tips on learning....
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Piano Instruction: Out of a Rut with Spot Practicing by Shirley Kirsten
A way to escape the pit of frustration with a tricky passage....
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Piano Instruction: Parts 1,2,3,4, 5 and 6 Mozart Rondo Alla Turca (Videos) by Shirley Kirsten
I explore ways to practice this ebullient Rondo movement by W.A. Mozart. Video tutorial has been completed....
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Piano Instruction: phrasing & fluidity of motion, Ilyana, 8, plays Firefly by Shirley Kirsten
An 8 year old plays a level one piece with a lovely singing tone, and fluid motion....
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Piano instruction: phrasing and singing with a 10 year old beginner by Shirley Kirsten
Shaping a musical line is modeled by singing it. (VIDEO)...
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Piano Instruction: Practicing Chopin's Black Key Etude (Video) by Shirley Kirsten
Frederic Chopin's Etude Op. 10 no. 5, poses a mountain of technical challenges that can be overcome by step-wise, time stretched practicing. ...
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Piano Instruction: Practicing Flight of the Bumblebee in slow tempo by Shirley Kirsten
This edition, arranged by the great pianist, Rachmaninoff fell into my hands without an iota of fingering. It was a challenge to devise a workable tec...
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Piano Instruction: Practicing the middle section, Schumann, Foreign Lands.. by Shirley Kirsten
A continued layered learning approach to Schumann's Of Foreign Lands and People.
The B section introduces a gorgeous counter melody in the rich c...
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Piano Instruction: Schumann Arabesque, Op.18 (Video) by Shirley Kirsten
Playing with a supple wrist and parceling out voices form the foundation of an essential learning process. (Video)...
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Piano Instruction: Shaping a melodic line through chord blocking by Shirley Kirsten
Four videos demonstrate...
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Piano Instruction: Sustain pedaling by webcam by Shirley Kirsten
A graphic RECORDED display to help students...
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Piano Instruction: Taking the robot out of fast passages by Shirley Kirsten
I sample phrases from a Classical era Haydn Sonata (final movement)...
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Piano Instruction: Teaching a quick- paced, colorful piece by Gillock by Shirley Kirsten
A late elementary level romp in the universe of a clown. I provide a step-by-step practicing routine to advance the tempo and realize the charm of thi...
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Piano instruction: Teaching the Middle Movement, Mozart Sonata in C, K. 545 by Shirley Kirsten
Perhaps teaching on video has a literary dimension, because one has to choose words with great thought, while simultaneously giving life to music by p...
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Piano instruction: The joy and value of playing duets by Shirley Kirsten
Fritz, 8, demonstrates....
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Piano Instruction: The Raw Adult Beginner by Shirley Kirsten
Sampling materials,and an early lesson in progress...
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Piano Instruction: The rhythm of lessons and learning by Shirley Kirsten
The importance of consistent lesson attendance and thoughtful practicing is explored....
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Piano Instruction: The Virtues of Slow Motion Practicing... by Shirley Kirsten
Why playing behind tempo and listening attentively are the best ingredients of a gratifying piano learning experience....
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Piano instruction: Using muscular memory to create a singing tone legato by Shirley Kirsten
Bio feedback, self-analysis and mental imagery are explored as part of a muscular memory paradigm. (Video)...
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Piano Instruction: Using the wrist to taper phrases by Shirley Kirsten
Exploring techniques of realizing cadences or resting points, by using a slower entry into final notes....
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Piano instruction: Voice Analysis and Muscle Memory by Shirley Kirsten
as applied to learning Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique, Adagio Cantabile....
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Piano Instruction: Working on the flexible wrist with a hair band (videos) by Shirley Kirsten
A ten year old student learns wrist flexibility and how to produce a singing tone. (A hairband is enlisted to aid the arm drop, and spongy, dipping w...
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Piano Interviews by Phone, (Don't copy me) by Shirley Kirsten
Read about the examples...
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Piano Lesson: Rina, 4, climbs up and down a staircase to learn about MELODY by Shirley Kirsten
I continue the Musical Journey with Irina Gorin's innovative piano instruction for
young children. ...
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Piano Lesson: Rina, 5 plays Frere Jacques with smooth and connected fingers by Shirley Kirsten
in Major, and Minor (using Eb)...
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Piano Lesson: The Challenge of Playing a Slow Movement by Shirley Kirsten
I use Clementi's Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1, Andante, as my point of departure
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Piano Lessons and Dropout Rates by Shirley Kirsten
How the initial interview is better than a crystal ball...
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Piano Lessons should be tailor-made for each student by Shirley Kirsten
A landscape of diverse materials and creative activities advance a pupil's learning process in a unique way....
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Piano Lessons: An Adult Beginner is progressing nicely by Shirley Kirsten
Three months into it, a newbie is happily engaged with his music learning....
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Piano Lessons: Creativity, Composing and Diversifying by Shirley Kirsten
Integrating composing into the learning environment...
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Piano Lessons: My kids don't practice so what can I do about it? by Shirley Kirsten
A philosophical perspective that might be helpful...
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Piano Lessons: The Parent/Teacher relationship, striking the right balance by Shirley Kirsten
A humorous take on a testy set of circumstances....
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Piano Maintenance: Resolving a Weighty Problem by Shirley Kirsten
A very capable technician handily addresses a regulation issue......
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Piano Mania! and the Bezerkeley arrival of Steinway 1098 by Shirley Kirsten
A new shuffle of pianos in the E. Bay...
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Piano Pedagogy article by Byron Janis in the Wall Street Journal by Shirley Kirsten
Examining a virtuoso's assumptions about creativity and the art of learning the pianoforte....
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Piano Performance Retrospectives: The seeds of greatness were sown... by Shirley Kirsten
early in life...
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Piano Playing and Getting into the Spirit (Video with Aiden cat) by Shirley Kirsten
When it comes to recording Mozart there are many ways to skin a cat......
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piano practicing, videotaping, and gym workouts by Shirley Kirsten
Tips to improve your performance with the aid of a gym routine--included is Bach's whip lashing, finger burning Invention 8...
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Piano Practicing: Breathing into phrases and Blocking out passages by Shirley Kirsten
A Mozart Sonata is my springboard...
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Piano Practicing: Infusing repetition with imagination by Shirley Kirsten
creating metaphors and images to assist piano playing...
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Piano Practicing: Re-doing and Refining (video) by Shirley Kirsten
The art of listening, self-analyzing, re-voicing, and re-experiencing the "feel" of a piece enlarge the player's musical perspective....
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Piano Practicing: What to do when you make a mistake by Shirley Kirsten
Recommended approaches...
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Piano Repair: Taking the Noise out of my Pedal by Shirley Kirsten
An experienced technician shows how it's done....
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