FREE ONLINE PIANO LESSONS HOW TO
If you are struggling to work out how to play part of a particular piece of music, I can provide video demonstrations and a breakdown of how to approach it. I can also help you with sight reading, or learning to read music, and provide assessment and advice on any of your sight reading attempts. If I have a suggestion for a new piece, study or exercise to learn that I think would particularly suit your needs, I may include a demonstration of it, as well as sheet music (if it is in the public domain).
My feedback may include video demonstrations of any necessary corrections or suggestions. This means you send a short video of your playing, and I respond with typed feedback and an assignment that addresses your specific needs. Online piano lessons by video exchange are a form of distance learning, and involve communication via time shifted video, as opposed to live video calls. I have all the benefits of working with my own personal and very experienced piano teacher, combined with the flexibility to practice and record my efforts at times when it suits me. In conclusion, I think this is an excellent way to learn to play. Other students might find it useful to supplement video exchanges with occasional face-to-face video link sessions. She also has a lot of helpful guidance on various topics available on her web-site. I’m also enjoying learning more music theory and Ruth is brilliant at replying to email requests for help and providing detailed feedback on my progress on both theory and practice. I’m quite used to self-directed study at home so I’m very comfortable with this arrangement. It’s also extremely helpful to be able to look at my own videos to see and hear how I am playing, check my hand positions and timing etc. Some of the great things about this process include having a written record of each lesson plan (that I can refer back to in the future) and having video examples of how to play correctly. I can then copy a link address for each of my recordings into my email reply to Ruth so that she can view them. During the week I make video recordings of my own playing of the various exercises and pieces, and then upload them to Google Drive (you could use other platforms). It works like this: Ruth sends me a lesson plan for the week by email, often with one or more short video links so that I can see and hear her demonstrating how to play a piece (we both have copies of a workbook or piece of music we are working on). To help get over my performance nerves, Ruth suggested that another option that she calls ‘video exchange’, might suit me better and we have found that this weekly regime works really well. However, I was worried that if I couldn’t demonstrate my developing skills adequately on a video link it would be difficult to move forward. Ruth immediately came across as very supportive and encouraging, coupled with a strong sense of calmness and patience as I struggled to play on live video. We started off with a couple of ‘video link’ lessons, which were a great way to introduce ourselves and get to know each other a little. That’s when I found Ruth and I’m so glad I did.
As an older adult, with no musical background, I felt I had invested quite a lot of time and effort already and didn’t want to lose it all, so I looked around for an on-line alternative. I had been learning piano with weekly face to face lessons, from a local teacher, for about two years when the first pandemic lockdown put paid to all that.
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