Melissa Y - Lesson 2

Hello, Melissa!
I watched all of your videos and see your good progress with fine motor skills development, both hands coordination and sightreading.
I will write in more details for each video in 1-2 days.
Are you folloing our weekly lesson plans online?

Melissa Yeong wrote: Hi Hellene,
I am uploading Lesson 2 of my lessons for your viewing.

(L2, Hanon 1)

You have excellent fingers awareness, fine motor skills and both hands coordination. I like endurance - you play through all the octaves.

(Hanon 2, Ascending)

Is Hanon 2 belongs to Lesson 2? Don't be so hard on yourself. You learned the exercise well, but play middle part faster. Every note in exercises are equal. If you want to continue mastering the exercise, please, play them slowly and evenly. Listen to this exercise first before playing it.

(L13, C-Do Major Scale)

C-Major sounds excellent. You are at initial stage learning to play with correct fingering. Keep going!

(Baa Baa Black Sheep)

(Jack & Jill)

(London Bridge)

(Mary Had a little lamb)

(Ten little Indians)

(The Mulberry Bush)

(Tom Tom The Finger's son)

Baa Baa Black ship - excellent reading. Only one suggestion: use 4th finger on G (Sol) - so, the next key will be with 5th
Jack and Jill - perfect fingering and overall reading
London Bridge - in this piece you handled 4th and 5th perfectly well
Mary had a little lamb - everything is great, but metronome. It is not time to use it. Don't rush your progress.
Ten little Indians - perfect
The Mulberry Bush - please, listen to the song by pressing S and play it on 5. You need to catch the meter and rhythm.
Tom Tom The Finger's son - the same: use 5 for meter - rhythm correction.

Over all, excellent progress.

Are you working on other sections of the lesson plans?

There are some very important suggestions to play on different visual presentations. What about the etudes for your eyes?

Looking forward to hear from you!



Thanks
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Melissa Yeong wrote: I tried using the Metronome, i put 50, 60 and even 65, sometimes i can follow the beats and sometimes not.

I see. After watching your videos I have to say that it is a little too early to use metronome. Don't rush.

So i need to figure out which piece for which bpm. I also realised that i must remember which fingering for which keys so then i can play correctly with ease.

You don't have to memorize anything. It is already coming your way after exercises. I see the progress.

I look forward to your feedback on my videos. thank you so much and greatly appreciated.

Happy learning! I am impressed with your progress in such a short time.