San Bernardino, CA Piano Lessons

I am adept at teaching many types of genres on the piano, from pop music to Broadway Musicals!

The basic approach provides a series of exercises and music from simple to the more sophisticated, along with hints and tips for their completion.

Looking to start you musical journey but not sure how? Piano is a great place to start! Learn how to read music in bass & treble clef, rhythms, time signatures, key signatures, music theory, chord structure & inversions!

What you'll expect is a mix of sight reading, technique learning and playing, book performance and improvisation by ear for each lesson in the style the student wishes to learn about. If needed, I also write individual exercises tailored to each student and their practice routine.

During my lessons, my student should expect to leave feeling confident and that he or she has learned something new. My students will always be making constant progress!

My lessons will consist of adaptive teaching. Depending on age, I will approach teaching in a manner to instill the knowledge for learning music notation along with the ability to play the piano. Beginners: Ages from 7-12 years old will start with basic fundamentals of music. This will be active lessons with learning both music notation and the piano until the student can apply both skills together. Any ages higher above 12, will be approach with a similar method of teaching if they are beginners. Music selection for the students can range from any sort of genre depending on the availability of sheet music. This way it can be taught with the appliance of music theory while learning their musicality. Age difference comes with different types of music. Which I believe effects all of us. So the best music to teach the students, is through that connection. However Classical teaching will be focused heavily, because I believe it's the foundation to playing music. My goal is to teach the ...

Piano Lessons should be FUN and something that the student looks forward to! It is NOT as hard to learn how to Play Piano as some people think it is, and it doesn't take years before you're able to play he songs YOU love! I have more than 40 years experience playing piano and have taught more than 100 students (kids AND adults) how to Play Piano! And taking lessons has never been as easy as it is now with webcams and an internet connection making it possible to take lessons from ANYWHERE!

I have played piano for 12 years and trombone/euphonium for 7 years. I am comfortable teaching children music in many settings. My approach to teaching is to create a situation in which the student is presented with information in such a way that is both easy-to-understand but also fun and interesting, especially for younger students. It is important to me to always gauge the student's understanding of the concept at hand and provide them with frequent opportunities to ask questions specific to their needs, so that they understand all material. Furthermore, I emphasize giving the student strategies to practice and learn on their own, so that they can also grow independently outside of the lesson time.

I have been playing the piano for 29 years, and teaching off and on for over 10 years. I understand every individual learns differently, therefore I like to use a more individualized teaching approach. We will focus on many topics, topics including note reading, forming chords, and ear training. I i'm currently in school pursuing a Masters degree in clinical psychology. I love (and have a lot of experience) working with children and hope to mesh my two passions and provide music therapy to children of all needs.