Sunday, June 26, 2011

Japanese Piano Teacher

The piano teacher comes to our house! Wow! Saito-san is a very nice lady who has travelled a bit in the states. She's a lot of fun.
At the end of lessons, there is a time for learning without music. Wm has to sing the note names she's playing, and echo her rythms. It's different, but I think there's value in it.

William loves piano. He occasionally doesn't want to practice the full 15 minutes, as he's already perfected the songs, and can rip right through them.

On one of his finger power exercises, she has him do it normal, staccato and with a particular rhythm. It's funny hearing her say, 'Staccat.' Usually in Japanese, you have to have a vowel ender, and thus it should be 'sta-caw-TOE'. Funny

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