grade 3
Piano Q&A: Your Scales Questions, Answered
In today’s Q&A episode of PianoTV, I’m digging into the archives again – questions you’ve asked in the past that I thought would be fun to answer today.
Read MoreChristmas Piano Tutorial: O Holy Night (1358 chords)
Today’s video is a tutorial of O Holy Night for the piano. This version is appropriate for early intermediate students around a grade 3 level.
Read MoreFinal Fantasy Theme: A piano etude for speed and dexterity
For today’s video, I wanted to experiment doing something a little more modern – the Final Fantasy theme. I get requests all the time for making tutorials on modern pieces, but I’m concerned about violating copyright law. However, I decided to experiment with the Final Fantasy theme for a few reasons: It’s a small excerpt…
Read More5 piano exercises for speed (PDF + tutorial)
In today’s video, we’re going to look at 5 specific piano exercises for speed that you can get working on right away.
Read MoreCzerny Study Tutorial: Beautiful Phrasing and Alberti Bass (Grade 3)
In today’s video, we’re going to do a Czerny study tutorial: Specifically his study in E flat major, op. 139 no. 49.
Read MoreArabesque by Burgmuller: Piano Tutorial
ABRSM Grade 3 Piano Technique Requirements
Today’s video covers the ABRSM grade 3 piano technique requirements. This includes scales and triads, solid and broken. I’ll be playing with the metronome in this video at the MINIMUM required speeds (feel free to go a little faster), and will label each technique on the screen as I play them.
Read MoreTchaikovsky Tutorial: Morning Prayer (op.39 no. 1)
Today we’re going to take a look at the first piece from Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, op. 39 collection. It’s called “Morning prayer” and it’s written like a liturgical chorale, which we’ll discuss in a minute.
Read MoreRCM: Grade 3 Piano Technique Requirements
Today’s video covers the RCM’s grade 3 piano technique requirements (updated for the 2015 syllabus). This includes scales and triads, solid and broken. I’ll be playing with the metronome in this video at the MINIMUM required speeds (feel free to go a little faster), and will label each technique on the screen as I play…
Read MoreSchumann’s Album For the Young: Melodie Tutorial (op. 68 no. 1)
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a look at Album for the Young by Schumann, op. 68 no. 1 (Melodie).
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