Todo o Mundo Passa Part 2

In this quick tutorial, I provide some basic tips for the second part of Lobos’ Todo o Mundo Passa.

Jayden and Hand in Hand’s Rhythm

Jayden and many of my other students are having some trouble remembering and getting the rhythm correct in Hand in Hand,  the Trinity Grade 1 Piano exam piece.

In the video below, we take a quick look at playing the piece in tempo as well as the most important movements that help with getting the piece more fluently.

 

Todo o Mundo Passa – Part 1

Todo o Mundo Passa by Villa Lobos is a beautiful little piece that is on the prepared piece list for the Eisteddfod for 2018. In this video I take a look at how to go about learning the piece and avoid the most common areas of mistakes.

Playing The Enchanted Garden

In this tutorial we take a look at how to learn and play the Enchanted Garden, a Trinity College Grade 1 Piece.

Student Concert 2018

On Saturday, 3 March 2018, WRMStudio held it’s first Student Concert since the start of teaching in Gauteng.  The students were fantastic in their performances and I would personally like to congratulate all of them for being brave enough to step on stage and showcase their talent.   I am super proud of you all.

Congratulations to Andrea, Carla, Phoebe, Kayla, Gabriella, Justin, Omolemo, Holly, Zeenal, Shayna, Ben, Adam, Talicia and Claudia for giving exceptional performances.  

A special thank you to the De Muelenaere family for inviting us into their home and for their warm hospitality.  

Bravo!

The Marionettes – A Complete Guide

Struggling with the Grade 2 TCL Piece called Marionettes?  Want to get better faster at playing it?  This video will help you understand the basics as well as hand movement, some fingering as well as tempo and other neat tricks you might not have been thinking about.

Annabel plays Hand in Hand

Annabel recently started with Grade 1 Piano and in only two weeks we learned all the notes for Hand in Hand. Here she is showing of her dedication and skill. Well done Annie and keep up the good work!

Talicia – Debut Album Practice Session

So we are working on Talicia’s first album and during her session today, we tested out the two backtracks for two cover songs that she is going to do. I am so so so excited about this.

Scott plays First String Blues

During Scott’s lesson we started learning how to read the 4/4 Time Signature and the notes such as Semibreve, Minim and Crotchet while playing a simple melody such as First String Blues on the A string of the Ukulele.

Student Project 2017 – Dream

During our last 3 hour group session of 2017, I acquainted the students to producing a song and video. The students had to help write a song and then record it and put some video to the sound. We had a blast doing this, working with a different aspect of sound and music as to just performing an instrument. Well done to everyone that contributed. You guys look awesome!

Mathematics – Laws of Indices

In the video tutorial above, we take a look at what is the Laws of Indices.  These laws are required for Grade 8 and 9 math and beyond.  Many students tend to forget how to use these laws correctly as they are rarely revised and only made more complex with higher graded mathematics. 

If you are one of those students that forgot how to use them properly,  this video is for you.