| “Fun Keys” keyboarding classes present popular piano teaching methods with catchy rhythms, melodies, and chord progressions that students love to practice.
The class is divided into practice sessions, working on Essentials and performing with the Ensemble. Students discover the musical patterns and learn to intuit what’s coming next. They enjoy working at their own pace and playing in a group while building their confidence with each song. Ms. Carolyn teaches students how to practice with level arms and curved fingers while strengthening muscle-memory playing the repeating patterns. |
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“Fun Keys” is a music awareness program that teaches piano students to play and practice with video and audio accompaniments. They discover the musical patterns and play along with the performance. Ms.Carolyn helps students of all ages find their musical expression through movement, singing and keyboarding. Students learn to play in rhythm and use the strength of their arms. Free practice videos are available at www.playnsimple.com. |
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Piano rolls give students a visual way to see the music, just like the pros. Animated piano rolls reinforce rhythm and they are great for practice repetitions. Synthesia responds to tones from the keyboard or singing while showing progress with positive feedback.
“Now the fun begins” as we follow the rhythmic cues from animated piano rolls with our “heads up”. Ms. Carolyn teaches how to find the way around the keyboard. Students watch the music on the screen and keep their fingers focused on the keys while learning, practicing and playing. |
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 Ms. Carolyn and her students learn, play and perform with Yamaha Portable Grand Pianos and other keyboards, smart phones, and tablets like Apple’s iPad Piano teachers prefer pianos with Graded Hammer Action because it strengthens student’s fingers. |
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“Heads up” This is how we find our way around the keyboard without looking.
The black keys are grouped in twos and threes. This tactile difference is how our fingers learn to get around. The second and fourth fingers learn to locate the gaps. These two fingers help our brain become familiar with the pattern. They indicate if there are two or three black keys under the hand. |
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The second finger learns to gently rest on the edge of the first black key. The C key is just underneath the thumb on the right hand. The fingers learn in a natural way to find their keys. |
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The hands learn the gap between the repeating patterns. |
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