Energetic 5/6yo prodigy? Piano Lesson: bowing, harmonic scales & grade 1 pieces ft. Isabelle Ng

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Show your active boys this video!!!

Ari Lu is grade 1 heading to grade 2. He just turned 6 years old two months ago (he's so big!!!) His other favourite hobby is basketball.

This lesson is very good content - I taught Ari how to bow (end of year concert coming soon), how to walk, harmonic scales, Mozzies (concert piece), Rainy Saturday (learning), Summer Toccatina (learning) and briefly on new Burgmuller pieces.

What's interesting about Ari is that he is curious, energetic, active, runs around, fiddles around the room but as soon as he goes on the piano his concentration is very good.

Notice my personality is much more "upbeat" so I can get his "attention respect" haha... usually boys tend to prefer male teachers so in order to keep up with his engagement, I used my remaining energy to have fun. Luckily, Ari was my last student of the Saturday morning.. phew! But he always make me leave with a smile on my face :)

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Lesson Notes:

Scales (4 octaves)
A harmonic - new
E harmonic - new

LH 5x RH 2x Both hands 5x
Metronome beat = 65

Junior Hanon
No. 5 - new

Squeeze Ball (to practice RH louder than LH)
Put the ball in one hand and squeeze both hands at the same time

Mozzie (end of year concert)
Increase speed + memory
Memory games:
Metronome beat = 130

L'Arabesque (new)
Complete for next lesson
Two lines per day

La Candeur (new)
Complete for next lesson
Two lines per day

Ari's Grade 1 List
Prelude
Goblin Dance
Minuet
Mozzie
L'Arabesque
La Candeur
Rainy Saturday
Summer Toccatina

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