Piano Lessons drawing from a wealth of experience and breadth of material and genres, both practical and theoretical. Technique, repetoire and improvisation. Learning how to practice and how to explore new territory. Getting you where you want to go and helping you do better what you are doing already. Curriculum can include: (call Jeremy at 303-903-2765)
•PRACTICING
warm-ups- body, hand, voice, mind
score techniques- repetition, slow/fast, maintaining tempo
routine, list, session (creative/free and work/structured)
•INSTRUMENT (function and care)
•SINGING
speech and vocalization- volume, speed, range, quality
intention/meaning
working with an accompanist
•BODY TRAINING
anatomy
posture/stance
striking
movement- dance/rhythm
•HAND TRAINING
exercises
expression- shape, tone, moving, touching
playing- note groups/hand position, both hand (rhythmic, complementary, contrary), fingering
•IMPROVISATION
silence
listening- hearing sounds, hearing music
sound- qualities (register/volume/duration/articulation), additive sound, texture/style, clusters/chords, harmony (notesets/key/changes/harmonizing/stacked harmony), movement, melody/motif/pattern (shapes, repetition, phrasing, form)
rhythm- free, classical, tempo, rubato, multiple, pulses, groove, swings
form- measure (1 2 3 4), squares, beginning/ending, repetition, sections/throughcomposed
music- counterpoint, object playing, room playing, sound/style
structured (constraints)
improv vs soloing
classical- bounded, expressive, harmonic
expression- movement, vocalization, facial expression, emotion, intention, visualization
•EAR TRAINING
sing- pitch, intervals/chords/scales, harmony, repeat rhythm/melody, relative pitch
recognize- intervals, chords, tonalities
transcription, dictation
sing and play- unison, counterpoint
harmonizing to soloist
•FUNDAMENTALS
tempo
clefs
notes (keyboard, staff, sound)
markings
key
rhythm- names, counting (1 e, and, uh), clapping, subdivisions
chords
scales/modes and notesets
•SCORES
sightreading- patterns (time, melody/figures), chord/harmony, multiple staves
songs
charts/chords
transposing
style and repetoire- classical, jazz, pop, etc.
•COMPOSITION
fundamentals- staff form, compositional form, markings, writing/drawing
counterpoint, melody, phrases, harmony, style
ensembles (instrumental, vocal), arrangement and orchestration
techniques- development, fracturing, theme/variations, ostinato/motif, serial composition
group composition
computer composition
•THE MIND
meditation- focus
view
creation
sudden improv
mistake stop
•APPLICATION
performance- audience, expression, context
gear
computer music
recording
history
physics
use of rhythms/modes
medicine
listening
lifestyle
conducting
theory/analysis- classical, jazz
•ENSEMBLES
roles
listen/respond
simultaneous playing (supportive, free, contrary, interlocking)
•ACCOMPANIMENT
following/supporting (tempo, form, melody/harmony)
leading
classical
improvisation