For Jim's piano Students:
Beginner
Begin with proper technique: Hands curved and relaxed. Touch keys with the very tips of the fingers (nails trimmed). Relaxed arms provide the weight. Wrists float above the keys like a butterfly (and sometimes sting like a bee):
How to quickly memorize the names of all the keys on the piano keyboard:
NOTE RUSH is an interactive flashcard video game that helps you learn to read any written music note and then quickly play it on the piano correctly:
Using the Suzuki method, children as young as 3 years old have learned to play the piano the same way they learn to speak their mother tongue – by listening to others and imitating them. Suzuki students learn to play music by ear first; reading comes after. (Click on the cover below to access lesson videos).
