Category Archives: Practice Tips

Parent Practice Tip, Upcoming Group Lesson and a Vacation

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Louise

  I hope you all are enjoying this long weekend with your families. Stephanie Riley, parent of one of my lovely beginner students has this to say:  “While Hannah loves her actual 30 minute lesson with Louise, she’d often rather … Continue reading →

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Winter Concert, 2012 Celebrating Our Love of Music and Valentine’s Day!!!!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Louise

Our annual Winter Concert will be held tomorrow at the Queen Street East Presbyterian Church located at the south east corner of Queen Street and Carlaw..at 6:30.  Could you please plan to arrive at 6:15 so we can get started … Continue reading →

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Practice Tips For Beginners

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Louise

I seem to have missed posting my blog yesterday.  The time just seems to fly by.  As I have been getting deeper and deeper into practice suggestions, it occurred to me that I have not given any tips to the … Continue reading →

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More Practice Tips!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Louise

During last  Friday’s blog I wrote about THE PACT…when practicing…patience, awareness, curiosity and tunnel vision.  This week I want you to have a look at THE BIG PICTURE.  Start by writing measure numbers at the beginning of each line of … Continue reading →

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“I Played It Better At Home”/Effective Practicing

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Louise

“I played it better at home”.  How often I have heard that from students and said it myself.  Often this statement isn’t exactly true.  Most likely you (and I) didn’t notice what went wrong or didn’t know what to do … Continue reading →

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Organizing Daily Piano Practice

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Louise

To build muscle strength and coordination, piano students “train” every day by practicing.  I ask parents to assist them in these ways: Scheduling: In September of each school year, I talk to each student about how much they realistically feel … Continue reading →

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How Do You Eat An Elephant? and May 14 Concert

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Louise

I often ask my students “How Do You Eat An Elephant?” The answer being “One Bite at a time”.  Learning how to play an instrument is like that.  A lot of what I teach the students is in preparation for … Continue reading →

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The Royal Wedding & an Ear Training Site

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Louise

I am not a Royal Watcher usually, but since my cats woke me up early, I did manage to catch the ceremony. The music was amazing. A choir of men and boys sang several very beautiful hymns, my favourite being … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter!

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Louise

I hope everyone had a great Easter and their fill of eggs. Piano Performance Class on Sunday April 17 was fun. New pictures of this class are posted in the photo gallery. The topic was Impressionism and we listened to … Continue reading →

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Sight Reading

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Louise

I hope you found last week’s sight reading game site helpful and fun!! Let’s continue with developing your sight reading. After you have looked at the rhythm and clapped it, it is time to look at the music and feel … Continue reading →

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