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Rina, 5, has embarked upon her 7th month of study and is scaling my staircase before settling down to the piano. I’ve used this routine to imbue a sense of music’s topography before a keyboard transfer. It’s working.

Here are case in point examples:

On the stairs:

At the Piano:

Rina is now playing legato five-finger positions, and applies this smooth and connected playing to her pieces.

LINKS

http://arioso7.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/teaching-piano-to-young-children-a-creative-new-approach/

http://arioso7.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/piano-lesson-rina-5-learns-to-play-legato-across-five-fingers-from-c-to-g-and-back/

BEFORE LEGATO PLAYING: DETACHED-NOTE STUDY

http://arioso7.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/rina-5-shows-outstanding-progress-over-6-months-of-piano-lessons-videos/

OTHER:

http://www.powhow.com/classes/shirley-kirsten