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Lesson
Guidelines
Fall Term runs from September
to January, and Spring Term runs from February to June. Please
pay in full for each term at the first lesson. A series of
post-dated cheques can be accepted to cover lesson costs.
Lessons are either one half hour, 45 minutes, or one full
hour for advanced players. Please email me for current rates.
heather@shinyblackpiano.com
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Lesson
Approaches
Individualized approaches to each student
are always a priority. Here are two possible pathways a student
might take.
1) A balanced approach focusing on
reading, writing, listening, technique, sight reading and
ear training which progresses through the Royal Conservatory
Grade Levels, with or without examinations at each level.
2) A program focused primarily on ear
training, playing from chord charts, improvisation, and pattern
recognition and discovery.
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Daytime
Lessons
This Fall, lessons will take place on Mondays and Thursdays, between the hours of 9am and 3pm. Is your potential
student in school at that time? Don't worry.
By law, students are allowed to miss school as long as
they are studying a musical instrument. As stated in Section
6, subsection 2 of Ontario’s Provincial Legislation:
“Students are permitted to be taught a musical instrument
during school hours, provided that the lessons do not exceed
one half day per week.” Piano lessons complement the literacy and numeracy
goals of any school board. Recent studies have shown that….
~ musical training physically develops the part of the
left side of the brain known to be involved with processing
language
~ musical training increases the ability to solve mathematical
problems by teaching ratios, fractions, proportions, and
thinking in space and time
~ students who study the arts have been shown to be more
successful on standardized tests, as well as achieving
higher grades in school
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“To stop the flow of music would be like
the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
~ Aaron Copland
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