Piano Lessons for Beginners. Nikolaev's Russian School of Piano Playing. Detailed Practice Guide
www.pianocareeracademy.com/ Learn how to play piano freely and expressively, like a true professional! Join my Piano Coaching Program at PianoCareerAcademy.com to get access to all the other lessons for beginners from this series - and to hundreds of other exclusive piano playing tutorials that reveal the secrets of the Russian piano school! This video tutorial is the first episode of a new project: a step-by-step practice guide based on Nikolaev's School of Piano Playing - the most important method book for beginners that we use in the Russian Piano School. In each lesson (episode) I'm going to focus on several pieces from this book - analyzing all their expressive and technical challenges and showing you how to practice them for developing all your pianistic skills harmoniously. The difficulty of the pieces increases with each lesson! ;) Lesson No. 1 is an introductory one: Getting Started. The 3 Main Piano Pillars. The Basic Playing Movements. Picking Out by Ear Easy Melodies. The Basics of Musical Notation. On top of giving you detailed practice tips for the first 7 pieces from Nikolaev's School, I also share the fundamental 'building blocks' of piano playing - information that all beginners (and their teachers) should know. Video highlights: 1. Nikolaev's Russian School of Piano Playing - a short overview. 00:14 2. The 3 Main Piano Pillars that should be harmoniously combined in a beginner's practice. 00:56 3. Let's have fun! Learning the correct posture and key attack while picking out by ear easy melodies. 02:37 5. The Basic Playing Movements. 03:40 6. Piano Fingering. Our Fingers and Their Numbers. 05:58 7. What is non-legato? Practicing Piece No. 6 - Corn-Flower. 06:36 8. The first 7 pieces from Nikolaev's School: detailed demonstration. 09:26 9. Inventing your own melodies. 13:05 10. Picking out by ear your favorite songs. 14:34 11. Starting to explore the Basics of Musical Notation. 15:11 12. The Main Note Durations: the whole note, the half note and the quarter note. 16:05 13. The Main Time Signatures. 16:46 14. The Basics of Conducting 17:52 15. The Staff and the Clefs. 19:12 16. Conclusion 21:01 For more information about this project for beginners, read my article on PianoCareer.com: www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/nikolaev-russian-piano-school-practice-guide/ PianoCareerAcademy.com is the only Holistic Piano Coaching Program on the Internet where you'll have the unique opportunity to learn the secrets of the Russian Piano School via my holistic approach on piano playing, music and life. The Private Members Forum at PianoCareerAcademy.com is focused on individual interactive learning. It allows every pianist (no matter if he/she is a professional student or an amateur) to ask piano questions, share audio and video recordings and receive real-time, personalized, professional advice! However, this is not all! Besides teaching the secrets of a correct, productive and enjoyable piano practice, this Coaching Program also helps each student to grow, to discover his/her unique talents, to learn more about the psychological aspects of musical performance, to improve his/her health and well-being and so on. For a detailed description of this exciting project, read my article on PianoCareer.com: www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/piano-career-academy-live/ Follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/PianoCareer Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/pianocareer Follow me on Google+: plus.google.com/102952949735061741062/posts Follow me on Pinterest: pinterest.com/ilincavartic/
