Teacher Dreamaurora - Piano Q&A

[violet04]

Dreamaurora:

I have decided to start this thread to help parents here answer burning questions about their children's piano lessons or piano pieces. Ask me anything under the sun except about choosing pianos or teacher recommendation since there are already other threads for that. I will try my best to answer the questions based on my experience as a teacher

Hi Dreamaurora,
May i know the meaning of the following comments from ABRSM Examiner. Thks

\"The fingers lacked enough support. The fingers would have benefited from more support from the weight of a relaxed arm.\"

[Dreamaurora]

violet04:

Dreamaurora:

I have decided to start this thread to help parents here answer burning questions about their children's piano lessons or piano pieces. Ask me anything under the sun except about choosing pianos or teacher recommendation since there are already other threads for that. I will try my best to answer the questions based on my experience as a teacher

Hi Dreamaurora,
May i know the meaning of the following comments from ABRSM Examiner. Thks

\"The fingers lacked enough support. The fingers would have benefited from more support from the weight of a relaxed arm.\"

If an examiner writes this, most likely your child's playing suffers from weak or overly soft tone, quite common among young children in lower grades. There are a few factors that may cause this, such as:
- poor hand posture and curvature, some young ones like to play with fingers almost completely flat and with dropped wrists below the keyboard.
- home piano keys too light and the exam piano heavy. Can be somewhat remedied by sufficient rehearsal at exam venue.

Do note that this is just a guess. If you can provide me with a video I would be able to advise you better.

[violet04]

Dreamaurora:

violet04:

[quote=\"Dreamaurora\"]I have decided to start this thread to help parents here answer burning questions about their children's piano lessons or piano pieces. Ask me anything under the sun except about choosing pianos or teacher recommendation since there are already other threads for that. I will try my best to answer the questions based on my experience as a teacher

Hi Dreamaurora,
May i know the meaning of the following comments from ABRSM Examiner. Thks

\"The fingers lacked enough support. The fingers would have benefited from more support from the weight of a relaxed arm.\"

If an examiner writes this, most likely your child's playing suffers from weak or overly soft tone, quite common among young children in lower grades. There are a few factors that may cause this, such as:
- poor hand posture and curvature, some young ones like to play with fingers almost completely flat and with dropped wrists below the keyboard.
- home piano keys too light and the exam piano heavy. Can be somewhat remedied by sufficient rehearsal at exam venue.

Do note that this is just a guess. If you can provide me with a video I would be able to advise you better.[/quote]
Hi Dreamaurora,
Thank you very much on your professional advice. My ds is 8 years old who took Grade 2 practical exam on Mar11. I believe my home piano keys too light compare with the exam piano. Will remedied by sufficient rehearsal at exam venue for the next exam. Thks.

[Dreamaurora]

violet04:

Hi Dreamaurora,
Thank you very much on your professional advice. My ds is 8 years old who took Grade 2 practical exam on Mar11. I believe my home piano keys too light compare with the exam piano. Will remedied by sufficient rehearsal at exam venue for the next exam. Thks.

For your info, you can actually request your piano tuner to add weights to your piano keys. Having a student practice on a sufficiently weighted keys will allow him/her to adapt more easily to different pianos.

[violet04]

Dreamaurora:

violet04:

Hi Dreamaurora,
Thank you very much on your professional advice. My ds is 8 years old who took Grade 2 practical exam on Mar11. I believe my home piano keys too light compare with the exam piano. Will remedied by sufficient rehearsal at exam venue for the next exam. Thks.

For your info, you can actually request your piano tuner to add weights to your piano keys. Having a student practice on a sufficiently weighted keys will allow him/her to adapt more easily to different pianos.

Hi Dreamaurora,
Thks for the info. Will contact piano tuner to check the charges.

[Sarah Tan]

Hi, may I know if you are taking new students? I’m looking for a replacement as the current piano teacher will not be teaching from March.


Please PM your location and charges. Thanks!

[Dreamaurora]

Sarah Tan:

Hi, may I know if you are taking new students? I’m looking for a replacement as the current piano teacher will not be teaching from March.


Please PM your location and charges. Thanks!

PM sent

[Abundant]

Hi,


Do you have any piano tuner to recommend ?

Thks & Rgds

[Dreamaurora]

Abundant:

Hi,


Do you have any piano tuner to recommend ?

Thks & Rgds

Sent you a PM

[metz]

Hi Dreamaurora,


I’m looking for Moonlight Sonata, First Mvmt. Do you have any books to recommend?

About Czerny Op 849 -
1. May I know which level(s) is Czerny op 849 intended for?
2. Does one have to finish all the 30 pieces before progressing on to other books?
3. Is it enough just to master the pieces at the tempo indicated in the book?
4. How would playing at a faster tempo than indicated help in piano playing?
5. Which technics book would serve well after one is done with Czerny op 849?

Thanks!