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I
have taught piano and guitar lessons to individual
students since 1985 in the Washington Metro area. I have also taught
instrumental music at the high school level.
I
tailor the program to meet the needs and taste of the student,
and as soon as the student reaches an acceptable skill level, personal
favorites of the student become part of the program.
Playing
the piano takes a lot of time. Learning to control all ten fingers,
bringing all ten fingers up to coordination and dexterity, and making
the eye - hand connection with the music all require practice.
The
guitar is difficult because each hand does something completely
different. As a result the first month or so of lessons involves drills
to increase dexterity.
Students
should be ready to practice every day, and students should have an
acceptable instrument in the home. An acceptable piano is either
acoustic or electric, with at least five octaves, a sustain pedal, and
the keys should be touch sensitive, in other words the harder the keys
are struck the louder the instrument sounds.
It
normally takes a year of weekly half hour lessons and fifteen to thirty
minutes of practice time daily for the student to be able to have
enough left hand control to be able to play easy versions of popular or
classical music. This of course varies with age, adult students and
pre-school children usually take more time.
I
have taught students as young as 4, and as old as 60. Young students
should be able to count and should know the alphabet before they can
start.
Please
contact me if you are interested, my e-mail is kirkmarchand@msn.comkirkmarchand@msn.com,
and my phone number is 301 602-6474.
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