Poor technique habits can mean that your students don’t stick with music long-term. Have you made any of the technique teaching mistakes?
Listen in to find out if you’re in the same boat as me. You may even get some inspiration to try things differently.
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Nicola,
Thanks for sharing these teaching building blocks. I do see what you mean about stuck fingers when teaching legato early!
As for major scales, B-flat left hand is the hardest due to the 3-4 spread mid-scale. That type of thing happens all the time in the harmonic minor scales, but I think it’s the single case in the major ones. After that, I think C is the hardest! The black notes mixed with the white notes makes for contrasting key depths, which in turn makes it possible to play them easier once you learn the fingerings.
Yes, very true. I teach B flat after the white key scales so that they get more time to practise it, and the other flats seem much easier after that one! 🙂