This is proposed breakdown of a 30 minute piano lesson
BOW (I'm ready)
Note Reading (5 minutes)
This could include a Music Mind Game activity, pop quiz, writing exercise, or even solfege singing and signing.
Technic (10 minutes)
Working on the basics, the Twinkle variations, the Twinkle theme; five note scales, triads or arppeggios. The time here could be shorter or longer and blended in with the repertoire.
Repertoire (10 minutes)
If the entire piece is not played end to end, the teacher may be choosing select measures of phrases. There could be a practise game board and dice to aid with memory or working out trouble spots.
Review (5 minutes)
Playing a review piece allows the child to play something he knows well and enjoys playing. This also ensures that pieces are always performance ready.
BOW (Thank you).
I am a new Suzuki Piano Teacher with many years of experience teaching classical piano at the beginners and intermediate levels to children of all ages. I am creating this blog to capture some of my rough notes from teacher training, pedagogy books, workshops and experiences from my own studio. The earlier entries are taken from the lesson notes for the pre-Twinkle level class I had taught outside the formal Suzuki method. Your comments and feedback are most helpful. Enjoy!
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