Teaching London Piano Students
Teaching London Piano Students

Teaching piano in London can’t be just a matter of delivering standard piano lessons. As piano teachers, we need to be able to tutor the philosophy of learning and making music. I remember my maestro pushing me to sort out things on the spot, to develop an intolerance towards mistakes and […]

the art of the piano practice
The art of the piano practice.
Learn some ways to practise piano on your own.
http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/The-art-of-practise
“Are your performances littered with unexplained mistakes?  ‘It went better in practice’ becoming a regular phrase?  Analyse your preparation and take the opportunity of the new year to resolve to improve the quality of your practice.
Whatever your age […]

How to be prepared for a piano performance.
How to be prepared for a piano performance.
wkmt help you to be prepared for your next piano performance.
http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/Physical-and-psychological-performance-preparation

Have you ever performed in front of an audience? How did you feel before and after doing it? Could you have done it better?

Mark Dowling, our piano teacher at the studio responds all those […]

Compound Themes: What types can we find
Compound Themes: What types can we find

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Understanding how composers construct music phrases helps us when memorizing music. Playing pieces by heart helps us to release our artistry. When performers are not restricted by having to constantly read notes while performing, they can focus on expression in a […]

how to practice piano.
How to practice piano.
Learn some great tips to practice piano at your home.
http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/Six-piano-practice-tips

We bring, what we considered, such an interesting and helpful article for all those wondering how to well practice the piano. Our Senior piano teacher, Katarina Makevic, in her last article published at WKMT Blog, gives six tips for when practising […]

what’s Celtic music?
What’s Celtic music?
AN INSIGHT OF CELTIC MUSIC. Story and tradition.
http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/Celtic-music

New article on the blog for this new year 2018. Our colleague Dominik Brendan, piano and singing teacher at the studio, wrote his article expressing his interest in Celtic music. Music, in general, went through many different changes and variations. In the case of […]

How to write piano accompaniment.
How to write piano accompaniment.

http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/Piano-accompaniments-Enhancing-our-melodies
MAking a chord progression for piano accompaniments.
We are glad to share the last article published at WKMT and written by Gisela Paterno, our Senior Piano and composition teacher. For this occasion, she brings an article talking about the accompaniments on the piano and creating a simple chord […]

a helpful sight reading exercise.
A helpful sight reading exercise.

http://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/single-post/Reading-notes-like-an-open-book

Sight-Reading (or a prima vista) is the performing of a piece of music that the performer has never seen before. In its simplest way, sight-reading is all about notes, because they are what we always see first when we look at a piece of music.

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Analysing musical piece supports teaching
Analysing musical piece supports teaching

Teaching a piece is much more demanding than mastering it. Before a teacher can explain all the aspects of the piece, they need to understand it by themselves. This rule was followed even by the greatest.
If you cannot explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
Albert Einstein

Analysing […]