Welcome !!

Welcome to "The Treble and Bass of Music". I am so glad you stopped by. This blog is designed to give parents and students some direction when it comes to playing piano in the areas of technique, practicing and pedagogical information. I will also highlight certain composers that we are studying over the year and give suggestions regarding your own compositions.


Monday, January 31, 2011

Chopin preludes

It is important for all piano students to listen to recordings of performances. In this day of technology we can basically find someone performing almost anything a student is learning on the internet. Some performances can be great and others not so great. This learning tool enables the student to discern between the two after analyzing pieces of literature with their teacher/instructor. Below is a link to a performance of Chopins' 24 Preludes Op. 28 by one of his best interpreters Andras Schiff who is also performing on a Pleyel piano.

http://www.classicaltv.com/v1203/andras-schiff-chopins-24-preludes-op.-28

Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year

Hello everyone---as we begin 2011 please schedule your time to include good practices on the piano and to complete your Tonic Tutor assignments. Report cards were sent out today. Some of you are doing great with the theory programs but many of you are doing horrible because you have not been working at it. Self discipline and sticking to a schedule will help those marks go up!!