Melissa Y - Lesson 2

Melissa Yeong wrote: Hi Hellene,
I am uploading Lesson 2 of my lessons for your viewing.

(L2, Hanon 1)

You have excellent fingers awareness, fine motor skills and both hands coordination. I like endurance - you play through all the octaves.

(Hanon 2, Ascending)

Is Hanon 2 belongs to Lesson 2? Don't be so hard on yourself. You learned the exercise well, but play middle part faster. Every note in exercises are equal. If you want to continue mastering the exercise, please, play them slowly and evenly. Listen to this exercise first before playing it.

(L13, C-Do Major Scale)

C-Major sounds excellent. You are at initial stage learning to play with correct fingering. Keep going!

(Baa Baa Black Sheep)

(Jack & Jill)

(London Bridge)

(Mary Had a little lamb)

(Ten little Indians)

(The Mulberry Bush)

(Tom Tom The Finger's son)

Baa Baa Black ship - excellent reading. Only one suggestion: use 4th finger on G (Sol) - so, the next key will be with 5th
Jack and Jill - perfect fingering and overall reading
London Bridge - in this piece you handled 4th and 5th perfectly well
Mary had a little lamb - everything is great, but metronome. It is not time to use it. Don't rush your progress.
Ten little Indians - perfect
The Mulberry Bush - please, listen to the song by pressing S and play it on 5. You need to catch the meter and rhythm.
Tom Tom The Finger's son - the same: use 5 for meter - rhythm correction.

Over all, excellent progress.

Are you working on other sections of the lesson plans?

There are some very important suggestions to play on different visual presentations. What about the etudes for your eyes?

Looking forward to hear from you!



Thanks
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Melissa Yeong wrote: I tried using the Metronome, i put 50, 60 and even 65, sometimes i can follow the beats and sometimes not.

I see. After watching your videos I have to say that it is a little too early to use metronome. Don't rush.

So i need to figure out which piece for which bpm. I also realised that i must remember which fingering for which keys so then i can play correctly with ease.

You don't have to memorize anything. It is already coming your way after exercises. I see the progress.

I look forward to your feedback on my videos. thank you so much and greatly appreciated.

Happy learning! I am impressed with your progress in such a short time.

Melissa Yeong wrote: you also mentioned about weekly lesson plans online. I only know this site to learn. globalmusiceducation.com/pages/piano-int...eginners-all-lessons
Is there other site that i can learn as well? I hope I am not missing out such a good resource.....

Yes, these plans are the best! You are in the right place.

Melissa Yeong wrote: Hi Hellene,
Good day to you and hope you are well.
Thank you for your feedback on my practice. I do play some of the games to keep me alert and remember the keys. However, I do not play often as I either have time to practice or games. It can take up lots of time if I do play all the games.

Wow! You have so much improvement in each school!
However, you play too long for sure. It has to be 5-10 minutes of your time. The modules are based on the algorithm that feels your every touch and changes the way you play. So, it supposed to be like with meals: short time - many sessions. The modules train you to read music fluently. They thorowly check your reaction and slow down, if you need improvements in certain areas.

I have enclosed my score for your viewing.

Thank you very much. You are very organized! This is why you have such rapid success,

I will check on the last 2 pics on the rhythm with presentation 5. As for the Hanon 2, I took it from lesson 17. I tried on etudes at times. but some of them is far low keys which I cannot practice as my keyboard is only 61 keys not 88 keys.

Well. you are doing good.
Please, make your vid on Mountain king.
Are you working on any other pieces now? Do you need any suggestion?
Our recital is going to be from December 15th to January 15th
The goal of the recital is quantity (we are fighting perfectionism)
The "quality" recital is in May.
Keep doing such a wonderful job!