Lesson 001 [Grade 0] - My First Lesson (03 May 2023)

This is my very first lesson and Jane is treating like an Introductory Lesson which she offers potential students. During the lesson, the following are covered:
Keyboard Geography - Black and White Keys
Letter Names - A to G
5 Finger legato touch
Arm Freedom, wrist relaxation, arm weight.
Rhythmic Notation & counting
Pitch Notation - Stave, Lines and Spaces
Time Signatures & barlines
Reading by pattern and interval
The book we are using to start with is called "It's never too late to Play Piano" (New Edition) by Pam Wedgewood.
Goals: At the end of the session I asked Jane about some goals, and she believes I can be playing the pieces from a book called "Garden Party" within 6 months. I was there when the book was created - Jane composed all the pieces within it, and I enjoyed them at the time. They are also designed to practice technical piano skills suitable for players at my level, so that's the plan at the moment.

[@NirHason]

Thank you for creating this channel! I’m learning by myself (from books and videos) for few months and this channel seems to be what I need (:

[@ShanesPianoJourney]

You're welcome. Another channel that I'm sure will be helpful is the one that Jane (my wife and teacher) has: www.youtube.com/@AccelerandoPiano/videos
The tutorials are mainly technical, but there is one tutorial that covers a complete lesson on learning how to play a piece called Struttin' that may be of interest (I started learning it in Week 28 if you want to see my lesson on it). Incidentally, the sound quality gets better in later weeks, so hopefully that will make the lessons more useful also.

[@douglascristiano]

It's lovely to see this. I'm 39 and started piano classes about one year ago. It will surely be fun to follow your journey. Good luck!
Btw, Jane's socks are really nice, I've got myself trying to catch the moments they appear :-P

[@ShanesPianoJourney]

You're welcome. Another channel that I'm sure will be helpful is the one that Jane (my wife and teacher) has: www.youtube.com/@AccelerandoPiano/videos
And there's a good video there for the sock fetish :-)
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[@ShanesPianoJourney]

Forgot to mention - the socks are by a company called "Happy Socks" if you want to check them out for yourself, and Jane (and I) have quite a selection.😀

[@aIewishus]

I can't tell you how valuable this type of content is for a pianist who has never taught lessons before but would like to! I did not go down the traditional path of learning piano and didn't have a teacher until I understood a lot of the basics. So it's helpful to see how to really start from scratch with a new student! Thanks🙏

[@ShanesPianoJourney]

You're welcome. I'm not sure if you are interested from the perspective of "You're now a teacher yourself, and looking for ideas on how to teach others" or "you're a fellow learner who is wondering if you missed out on some things". If the latter, you may also want to take a look at Jane's Accelerando Piano channel and website (you can find links under my header), which has tips and tutorials based on her teaching over many years.