Vic Geigere
Steinway recital hall--do a recital here with Debbie? Minimal rent
How a piano works
12,000 parts
How to we communicate how important it is?
Syndi Russ -- Shepherdsville, has homeschoolers, wants contact--Bdstwn
music club
Music enhances higher brain function , spatial intelligence
The Mozart effect
Shaw & rausvh
Spatial /?? Skill
Mozart listeners improved, not technopop, not Ph. Glass, not silence
(more likely to identify correct shape of folded, cutout piece of paper.
Complex & patterned music works, for ten minutes.
From Dateline video, can have a copy
Why ?
Cultural literacy
Discipline
Confidence
Self-expression
Sense of accomplishment
Stimulation
Enjoyment
Connection with history
Outreach
Coordination
Teacher handing out a score--"Here are the answers. It's your job to
come up with the questions."
**Copy handouts and send home one per week.
There's a lot of crayons in this instrument. What colors are you using?
Do you know the make, model, size of student's piano
Once a year, visit home for a lesson "review"
Complete semester payment
Review system
Tuning certificate
If you gave Chet Atkins a guitar with omly so many strings, how well
would he have learned to play?
Studio:
Repertoire
Listen to self
Teaching improvisation: take a simple tune--have student vary rhythm,
harmony
"copying beethoven" DVD available
"the quotable musician"
"A critic is to music is as a bird to a statue."
video--piano
Voicing
Huge difference between a 5'1" grand and a 5'10" grand, but the tonal
difference in sound is huge.
Essex piano brand--Frank Z recommended for Windsor Gardens.
Boston pianos & Essex pianis are designed by Steinway to use their
patents and techniques st a lower price range.
Boston made in Japan
Essex made in Korea & China.
Some (non-steinway) piano soundboards lose their "crown" shape over
time.
20 tons of tension in a piano.
Lower tension makes more sustain as opposed to attack.
Sostenuto pedal (middle) was a Steinway invention.
Parts of the hammer:
Hammer, shank,, flange, action rail
Investment value compare new versus old:
Depends.
Steinway's biggest competition is old Steinways.
Playing a good piano is like playing with a bigger box of crayons.
Prizes, recognition, =
Tax deduction benefits for teachers section 179 up to $108,000
Aug 11 beargrass Christian Hsrry Pickens improvisi
pax,
Maggie
http://randomlight.blogspot.com
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in
the world. Indeed, it is the world." --LeGuin
1 comment:
shew! glad I scrolled down to this one. very cool!
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