by Gisela Paterno | Dec 2, 2017 | Musical Analysis
The Musical Sentence. The Musical Sentence. It is very important to define and understand a musical sentence because that way we are easily able to understand a composition. Arnold Schoenberg, an Austrian composer, theorist and painter, was the first one who brought...
by Gisela Paterno | Dec 1, 2017 | Piano, Piano Practice
Managing music performance stress Managing music performance stress Performing in front of an audience has always proven to be a big challenge. There are several reasons why this is the case, although in our modern life it shouldn’t be so difficult to...
by Gisela Paterno | Nov 25, 2017 | Harmony, Musical Analysis
Harmonic analysis: piano skills Harmonic analysis: piano skills In order to organise a piano performance professionally, we need to have a clear perspective on harmony. This subject, unfortunately, is not the easiest one to land on. Understanding harmony can take a...
by Gisela Paterno | Nov 17, 2017 | Piano, WKMT
Learning piano with fully committed teachers Learning piano with fully committed teachers Learning piano with fully committed teachers in London can prove to be a big challenge. WKMT London came up with an idea that sorted the teacher stability issue for good…...
by Gisela Paterno | Nov 11, 2017 | Musical Analysis, Piano
Piano technical advice – 2nd piano movement Piano technical advice – 2nd piano movement Teaching the 5 different pianistic movements is the most important task to be accomplished by our WKMT teachers. These movements are used at a time to realise all the...
by Gisela Paterno | Nov 9, 2017 | Piano Practice
Piano foundations: Practising. Piano foundations: practising. In our new post, we would like to make reference to a recently published article by WKMT. Mark Dowling, Junior piano teacher at WKMT, shares his thoughts about the idea of practising. Because as we all...
by Gisela Paterno | Nov 6, 2017 | Piano, WKMT
Teaching piano always an intellectual adventure Teaching piano, as teaching any other discipline, involves using all your creative resources. In some occasions, students truly push our limits and we end having to find extremely creative solutions to face rather simple...
by Gisela Paterno | Oct 25, 2017 | Musical Analysis
Sonata form: Transition function Sonata form: Transition function The sonata form is Classical Music’s most paradigmatic form. It took its most achieved shape during the unfolding of the 18th century and its development and establishment involved three of the...
by Gisela Paterno | Oct 20, 2017 | ABRSM, Piano, Sight-Reading
An important part of the preparation of every musician (whether to be an interpreter or composer), is the one that focuses on the development of their perceptual capacities. All the knowledge that cement the musical development must be complemented with the perceptive...
by Gisela Paterno | Oct 2, 2017 | Music History
A brief story of European tuning Today’s tuning is so common that we usually give it for granted, but this specific number was coined for the first time by a German physicist, Johann Heinrich Scheibler in 1834. This scientist created a tuning device, the...
