Chords can sound wonderfully lush on the harp, but not everyone will be always comfortable with stretching their fingers and hands to perfectly match the composer’s vision. However, there are ways to keep your hands healthy and injury-free without compromising … Read More
About today’s topic I have received a request for some advice on fingerings and I thought that we could start this topic from talking about fingerings for various intervals. Intervals are one of the key ingredients in music, and knowing … Read More
Today’s piece “Mountain Stream” by Skaila Kanga can be found on ABRSM grade 2 syllabus. While looking into practice strategies for this piece we will talk a lot about patterns, so make sure you check out my previous lesson on … Read More
If you liked the Prelude in C Major from last week, but you feel that the piece is too advanced for you at this stage – today’s lesson is for you! We will look at the basics of directional placing … Read More
First things first – a few announcements there will be no Live Lesson next week – but you will get something nice from me instead! as always, newsletter subscribers can download a free PDF for today’s lesson – sign up … Read More
About the first lesson it’s absolutely normal to feel nervous, especially if you’re a shy person (like me – believe it or not!) this is mainly a chat, to get to know your teacher and for the teacher to learn … Read More
Polish Christmas Carols are now available to buy! CLICK to check them out! Your questions about the Christmas collection asnwered! Will there be a physical printed version of the Polish Christmas Carols available to buy? No (at least – not … Read More
Competition results! Thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to Ela Dąbrowska and Marianne Ji-Bing who just won a free copy of Polish Christmas Carols! About today’s topic Sight reading can be scary (at least it was for … Read More
Christmas Carols from Poland My newest collection of Christmas music will be available soon! for beginners (anyone in their first or second year of learning to play, or around grade 1 and 2) all carols are suitable for both lever … Read More
About today’s topic There are two main types of buzzes: – a fingertip buzz which happens when you replace a finger on a string which vibrates already – a fingernail buzz Dealing with a fingertip buzz It may sound cliché, … Read More