Located at Recker/McDowell in Mesa
Beginners: Ages 5 +
$14/30 minutes
$21/45 minutes
$28/1 hour
Weekly lessons
The discounted price for enrolling more than one student is as follows:
$13/30 minutes
$20/45 minutes
$25/1 hour
The first lesson is FREE, as a trial lesson
You choose your scheduled lesson day/time according to availability (Sunday excluded)
Tuition is due at the first lesson of every month for the entire month. Please be aware if the month will include 4 or 5 lessons and pay accordingly.
I do not give refunds, but I guarantee lessons during the month that you've paid for. Please note that if the student routinely shows poor attendance and cancels without notice, I do not offer make-up lessons. I will, however, try to accommodate make-up lessons for the occasional valid absence (such as serious and sudden illness, death in the family, or school concert, etc.).
I do not give refunds, but I guarantee lessons during the month that you've paid for. Please note that if the student routinely shows poor attendance and cancels without notice, I do not offer make-up lessons. I will, however, try to accommodate make-up lessons for the occasional valid absence (such as serious and sudden illness, death in the family, or school concert, etc.).
If a lesson has been scheduled but can not be attended, a minimum of at least 2 hours notice is required to be refunded the price of the lesson.
Students should practice 5 days a week, each song/scale/item 5 times each day
Students should listen to classical music each week
Prizes, rewards, incentives for practicing and achievement (Music needs to be FUN)
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Please email me at bethanyeminor@gmail.com if you are interested.
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Piano Technique
Primer Level Technique (or first year of study):
Five Finger Patterns (Major/minor)
Finding the same key all the way up and down the piano (key changes every week)
Identifying names of keys, names of notes, finger numbers, right and left hand
Flashcards for notes as well as symbols
Level One Technique (or second year of study):
One Octave Scales in Tonic key (Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (measuring distances on piano)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
One Octave Scales in Tonic key (Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (measuring distances on piano)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Level Two Technique (or third year of study):
Two octave scales in Tonic key (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together
Chromatic scale-one octave-hands separate
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-one octave, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-one and two octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (measuring distances on piano)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Two octave scales in Tonic key (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together
Chromatic scale-one octave-hands separate
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-one octave, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-one and two octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (measuring distances on piano)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Level Three Technique (or fourth year of study):
Three or four octave scales in tonic key (Nat, Har, Mel Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together, with metronome starting at eighth notes at 60
Chromatic scale-one or two octaves-hands separate and together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-multiple octaves, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-three or four octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (speed and accuracy)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Hanon’s The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises
Czerny
Burgmuller’s Twenty-five Easy and Progressive Studies for the Piano, op. 100
CD of Burgmuller’s op. 100 (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
Three or four octave scales in tonic key (Nat, Har, Mel Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together, with metronome starting at eighth notes at 60
Chromatic scale-one or two octaves-hands separate and together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-multiple octaves, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-three or four octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (speed and accuracy)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Hanon’s The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises
Czerny
Burgmuller’s Twenty-five Easy and Progressive Studies for the Piano, op. 100
CD of Burgmuller’s op. 100 (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
Level Four Technique (or fifth year of study):
Four octave scales in tonic key (Nat, Har, Mel Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together, with metronome starting at eighth notes at 72
Chromatic scale-multiple octaves-hands separate and together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-multiple octaves, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-four octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (speed and accuracy)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Hanon’s The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises
Czerny
Burgmuller’s Twenty-five Easy and Progressive Studies for the Piano, op. 100
CD of Burgmuller’s op. 100 (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
Four octave scales in tonic key (Nat, Har, Mel Minors, as well as Major)-Blocked, separate, together, with metronome starting at eighth notes at 72
Chromatic scale-multiple octaves-hands separate and together
Chord Progressions (I-IV-I-V7-I, i-iv-i-v7-i) for each tonic, separate and together
Triads and inversions-Blocked and Broken-multiple octaves, Major/minor for each tonic, separate and together
Arpeggios-Major/minor-four octaves, blocked, separate, together
Finding keys or groups of notes up and down piano (speed and accuracy)
Flashcards for notes and symbols
Hanon’s The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises
Czerny
Burgmuller’s Twenty-five Easy and Progressive Studies for the Piano, op. 100
CD of Burgmuller’s op. 100 (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
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Piano Repertoire
Primer Level Repertoire (or first year of study):
· Primer Level Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Primer Level Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
Level One Repertoire (or second year of study):
· Level One Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Level One Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
Level Two Repertoire (or third year of study):
· Level Two Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Level Two Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
Level Three Repertoire (or fourth year of study):
· Level Three Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Level Three Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
Level Four Repertoire (or fifth year of study):
· Level Four Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Bastien’s Piano Literature Book Level Three
o CD of Piano Lit Level Three (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
· Album for the Young, Schumann
o CD of Album for the Young (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
· Hymns, if appropriate (also from Primary Songbook, if appropriate)
· J.S. Bach-Eighteen Little Preludes, Little Fugues and Little Preludes, Two-Part Inventions, etc
· Level Four Lesson Book, Technique Book, Performance Book, Theory Book, etc. from series that suits the student’s learning style (Faber and Faber, Bastien, Alfred, etc.)
· Sheet music as appropriate
· Fun songs and pop songs as appropriate
· Bastien’s Piano Literature Book Level Three
o CD of Piano Lit Level Three (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
· Album for the Young, Schumann
o CD of Album for the Young (required listening of the piece you’re working on that week: 5 days a week, 3 times a day minimum)
· Hymns, if appropriate (also from Primary Songbook, if appropriate)
· J.S. Bach-Eighteen Little Preludes, Little Fugues and Little Preludes, Two-Part Inventions, etc
Landon has taken some lessons from my mom. He has done pretty good but needs a real piano teacher(not a violin teacher). Let me see if he wants to commit to it. I will let you know!! BTW you sounded beautiful today!!
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