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Piano Teacher in India
- Thoughts, Observations and Reflections
The 'Play'list: Repertoire for Late Intermediate to Early Advanced Pianists (Grades 5-7)
As you may have gleaned from my posts thus far that I find Intermediate to Early Advanced Levels of Piano Playing as the most accessible...
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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Maximizing Productivity: Sequencing Graded Exam Work Based on the Academic Calendar
As Piano Teachers, we deal with a wide range of age-groups in our teaching life. But majority of the students that we end up teaching are...
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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Diagnosing Poor Practice
A mistake I made early on in my career with my Intermediate/Advanced Level students was to believe that they would not come back with...
Jan 9, 20241 min read
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Factors that Negatively affect 'Memorization' in Piano Performance
It is the Winter Exam Season for Music Boards here in India. Which implies that for the most part, students are working on Memorizing and...
Nov 21, 20233 min read
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'TEXTURE' in Intermediate Music - A Gateway to Advanced Music
LEVELS & GRADES Since we mostly follow the UK based Exams here in India, we can largely divide the Grades into the following Levels:...
Oct 30, 20234 min read
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How to guide students to 'Interpret' music?
In an earlier post titled 'Stages and Steps for Teaching a Piece - A Timeline', I mentioned that typically a piece goes through 3 stages...
Oct 10, 20234 min read
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Applying Lev Vygotsky to Piano Learning
Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a Soviet psychologist and educational theorist who made significant contributions through his work on...
Sep 25, 20234 min read
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Managing Parental Expectation as a Piano Teacher
Here is a Secret to a successful Piano Teaching Experience - FOCUS ON THE PARENT!!! Managing parental expectations as a piano teacher...
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Burgmüller Op 100 - An Alternative Learning Pathway
Not all students are built for Piano Exams (such as the UK Boards that we follow here in India). Some students just need more time to...
Sep 5, 20234 min read
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Skills developed by Students in Recorded Exams versus Face-to-Face Exams
Finally, after 4 years, our students got a chance to appear for their first face-to-face LCM (London College of Music) Exams since 2019....
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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'Generalization' in the context of Piano Learning
One of the skills that separates a High Achieving student from an average student is their ability to 'Generalize'. Generalization can be...
Aug 1, 20234 min read
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Teaching Chord Progression to Classical Piano Students
I often think Classical Piano Teachers do not do enough of teaching Chord Progressions (if at all) which I think is a fundamental...
Jun 27, 20233 min read
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'ATOMIC HABITS' .. and Piano Learning
"Atomic Habits" is a book by James Clear that was published in 2018. It reached Bestseller status almost immediately. It talks about the...
Jun 26, 20234 min read
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Sustain Pedal in Digital Pianos - Switch Pedal v/s Half Pedal
As a teacher, I deal with students at different stages of learning - Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate to Advanced. Perhaps with the...
Jun 15, 20233 min read
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'PEAK: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise' and Piano Learning
So I was recently reading this book "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. The primary...
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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PIANO PRACTICE TIMETABLE - 1 HOUR SAMPLE
As teachers we know that creating a Piano Practice Timetable helps students stay organized and make the most of their practice sessions....
May 21, 20232 min read
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The Art Of Gathering... and Piano Teaching
In this post I wanted to talk about some of the things a Piano Teacher must keep in mind to conduct impactful and meaningful Piano...
May 16, 20232 min read
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WHY PRACTICE IS NECESSARY!!!
Piano Learning (or any Instrument Learning for that matter) is practice intensive. One often hears stories of teachers from the past only...
May 11, 20233 min read
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GROWTH MINDSET AND PIANO LEARNING
CHALLENGE WITH THE PIANO LEARNING PROCESS Learning to play the piano can be a long, slow, challenging and yet a rewarding experience. It...
May 9, 20233 min read
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Neuroplasticity of The Brain and Learning To Play The Piano as an Adult
WHAT IS NEUROPLASTICITY? Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to change and adapt to new experiences, and it is a...
May 8, 20233 min read
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