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Teaching piano lessons for you will open up the music for the brain that excites the imagination and opens the mind!
Piano teaching the Russian way is good for you artistically. Playing piano from an early age opens the child’s mind and heart to the world, because art can say what words cannot. Music can increase language skills, open a channel for emotional expression and most importantly, create a love of music that lasts a lifetime.
It’s good for you physically. Playing piano sharpens the brain. In fact, studies have shown that piano students perform better on brain function and memory tests. Further studies have shown that playing piano creates alternate connections in the brain that compensate for cognitive declines in later years.
Playing piano in the Russian style is the ability to play artistically, not mechanically.
Playing to the Russian standard is to play with an artistic quality. To play in an artistic manner, the performer must have an artistic image, creative hearing as well as many hours of practice. However, the artistically musical intonation is at the heart of the Russian Piano Technique.
In Russia, the various skills of piano technique are taught from a young age. If a student is lucky enough to get into a special musical school later, the emphasis focuses on bringing out the individuality of the player.
Two core parts of the Russian school of piano are the meaning of the music, or the artistic image of the piece. That’s why in teaching young children, the lessons start with folk songs, because they convey a story that the student can grasp. Secondly, the student learns pianistic skills and not just the theory of music.