Journal of a Piano teacher from New York to California

Piano Instruction: On the way to Velocity, doing the groundwork (Video)

http://arioso7.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/piano-instruction-on-the-way-to-velocity-doing-the-groundwork-video/

When faced with a composition in Presto tempo, it’s best to practice slowly, preferably separate hands, (at first) to secure a good fingering, understand HARMONIC flow (or progressions) and piece out the phrasing, that encompasses articulation and dynamics.

In my own baby-step maiden journey through Tchaikovsky’s “Baba Yaga” (The Witch), Op. 39, No. 20, I followed my own model above, and set down a substantial learning foundation that should bode well for playing this piece briskly once it ripens.

Perhaps my learning paradigm might help others along the way.

Play through:

Instruction

“Baba Yaga” (p. 1)

Baba Yaga Op. 39 No. 20 p. 1

About arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

International piano teacher, recording artist, composer, piano finder, freelance writer, film maker, story teller: Grad of the NYC HS of Performing Arts, Oberlin Conservatory, NYU (Master of Arts) Studies with Lillian Freundlich and Ena Bronstein; Master classes with Murray Perahia and Oxana Yablonskaya. Studios in BERKELEY and EL CERRITO, California; Member, Music Teachers Assoc. of California, MTAC; Distance learning and Skyped instruction with supplementary videos: SKYPE ID, shirleypiano1 Contact me at: shirley_kirsten.yahoo.com OR http://www.youtube.com/arioso7 or at FACEBOOK: Shirley Smith Kirsten, http://facebook.com /shirley.kirsten TWITTER: http://twitter.com/arioso7 Private fund-raising for non-profits as pianist--Public Speaking re: piano teaching and creative approaches