Piano Lessons in East Richmond. Amazing Teachers.

Greetings,

My name is Tyler L. I recently graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and am now living back in my hometown of San Rafael, CA. I have been playing piano for over 15 years, and am pursuing a career to be a successful composer. I am a young teacher open to all styles. I am excited to build a group of piano students, and am eager and best suited to help those of a beginner and intermediate level. Whether you have a background in music or not, I would be happy to work with you to accomplish your musical goals, and hopefully have some fun in the process! I understand everyone has a certain learning process, and it is important to me to adapt to each individual’s needs and learning style. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best,
Tyler

Piano students will learn warm-ups using scales and other techniques including Hanon exercises as well as learning how to practice. Genre is dependent on student's goals/needs.

Hi! First, I will ask for your experience not only with piano but with music. We will work on posture, playing technique and reading. Because of my tutelage, my default material for beginners is Suzuki Book 1 which you can either purchase yourself or I can bring one for you. If you have other music material that you would like to work on, I am happy to use that instead. Then I will assign you homework which you will need to practice on your own in preparation for then next lesson.

My approach to teaching involves developing a comprehensive understanding of what one is doing while playing, rather than just learning a couple of songs, or relying solely on your muscle memory, you will be able to explain what you are doing from a theoretical standpoint.

Without getting too heavy with the use of technical terms, I will teach you to see the underlying threads that apply to all styles of music and encourage you to begin making these types of connections yourself.
This is an important skill to develop early so that as you progress you can begin to teach yourself develop your own unique stylistic approaches to music!

After studying at Laguardia High school for the Performing Arts, I attended McGill University in Montreal where I earned my Bachelor's degree in Jazz Piano Performance.

If you study with me you will be able to expand your knowledge of:
-Music Theory
-Harmony
-Piano technique
-Ear Training
-Sight Reading
-Composition
-Improvisation

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An art of dexterity and flexibility, the piano is a beautiful instrument that isn't as intimidating as you'd think. With consistent and steady lessons you'll have excelled to the point where you can have both pride and amazement at your work.

Greetings!
First and foremost I want to congratulate you for choosing to follow a path in the Arts!
Music is one of the most sacred skills humans possess for no other species on the planet truly comes close to mimicking this treasured ability.
My mission is to help guide you on your quest to making music. I ask very little in return but your full satisfaction in knowing you made the right decision today.
Should you accept our time together will be well spent focusing on your strengths in music and eliminating the weaknesses.
I invite you to listen to music, explore different genres and make your mind up as to what you would like to play.
Sound is everything so that is my first goal and the hardest to achieve being from a distance. My anecdotes will prove to be useful in getting you to produce the best possible tone quality on the instrument.
Technique is what truly unlocks all doors in music having the ability to play anything comes from scale practice and patterns. ...