Piano Lessons Scott County, MN

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums

My final goal is how to enjoy singing. In my opinion, the most important thing is that singing should be comfortable to both a singer and an audience. For this reason, I generally help them to sing comfortably. Most of the students have a common problem to sing. I would say it is artificial voice which makes their voice tired and injured. When I taught students some of them struggled with development about their voice quality. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Keyboard

Throughout the past 10 years, I have taught neighborhood kids and friends how to play the piano both beginning and intermediately. I like to encourage everybody that consistency is the key to learning (for beginners). Not necessarily practicing for long periods of time, but frequently. Better to practice for 10-15 minutes three to five times per day than for an hour or two all at once. I've found that the best foundation comes from scales. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, Lute, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

For absolute beginners, we usually start with one of the Hal Leonard method books. For piano students, I like the Piano Adventures series. Each instrument has a different number of books in the Hal Leonard series, but we always aim to finish one full book before moving on to other things. For example with banjo, we usually start out with bluegrass and then can venture into other styles such as clawhammer. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice

I use a combination if Orff, Kodaly, Dalcrose and Suzuki. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Violin, Cello

I started playing the piano when I was 7 and the cello when I was 8. I took lessons in both instruments growing up, adding playing the guitar in High School and the violin in college. In public and private schools, have taught elementary classroom music, elementary orchestra, and High School Orchestra. Read More