Learning Piano Online with Christie Peery – Student Perspective
Wed, 09/23/2015 - 3:55pm
I started taking piano lessons from an in-person piano teacher when I was in late elementary with my younger sister. After about two years of in-person lessons, my parents seriously considered having us stop. We loved our teacher, but the expense of the lessons became a bit costly. Also, considering that someday my other younger siblings would want learn piano, my parents knew we couldn't possibly afford to continue in-person lessons for all of us children.
Around the time when my parents were deciding whether or not to pull us from our lessons, we heard from a friend about the Online Classical Piano School with Christie Peery. Their daughter was taking piano lessons online using the unique Video Exchange Learning® system and really enjoying them. My sister and I joined ArtistWorks six months later. My parents are very pleased with their decision, and it's been over four years now.
I started taking piano lessons from an in-person piano teacher when I was in late elementary with my younger sister. After about two years of in-person lessons, my parents seriously considered having us stop. We loved our teacher, but the expense of the lessons became a bit costly. Also, considering that someday my other younger siblings would want learn piano, my parents knew we couldn't possibly afford to continue in-person lessons for all of us children.
Around the time when my parents were deciding whether or not to pull us from our lessons, we heard from a friend about the Online Classical Piano School with Christie Peery. Their daughter was taking piano lessons online using the unique Video Exchange Learning® system and really enjoying them. My sister and I joined ArtistWorks six months later. My parents are very pleased with their decision, and it's been over four years now.
Piano Lessons with Christie Peery: The Drop Float Wrist
Thu, 05/22/2014 - 10:53am
In this sample piano lesson from the Online Piano School, Christie Peery goes over a basic, yet essential component of piano technique: using wrists. In particular the drop float wrist, a technique widely used since the Classical Period and one that piano players are introduced very early on in their piano lessons. For this lesson, Christie uses the Samuel Arnold Sonata in D major to illustrate the importance of the drop float wrist technique as a way to either make the notes louder or softer.
Talking Piano Lessons with Christie Peery
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 12:10pm
ArtistWorks: How long have you been teaching piano lessons?
Christie: I started teaching piano when I was 9 years olds - so (not to give away my age or anything) 31 years.
AW: What age do you recommend people start taking piano lessons?
Christie: 5 years old if a parent can sit and practice with the child daily. 8 years old if the child is going to mostly do it on their own. The most important training for Classical piano is the first few years when muscular and musical habits are formed. These things can be learned later, but poor habits are hard to break and strong old habits make you sound like a genius.
AW: If someone has already been taking piano lessons with someone else, is there anything they'll need to know about the Peery Method and your style of teaching?
ArtistWorks: How long have you been teaching piano lessons?
Christie: I started teaching piano when I was 9 years olds - so (not to give away my age or anything) 31 years.
AW: What age do you recommend people start taking piano lessons?
Christie: 5 years old if a parent can sit and practice with the child daily. 8 years old if the child is going to mostly do it on their own. The most important training for Classical piano is the first few years when muscular and musical habits are formed. These things can be learned later, but poor habits are hard to break and strong old habits make you sound like a genius.
AW: If someone has already been taking piano lessons with someone else, is there anything they'll need to know about the Peery Method and your style of teaching?
New Intermediate Piano Lesson Added
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 1:00pm
Topics: Christie Peery, Piano
We've just added a new piano lesson that Christie recorded recently. Find it in the Intermediate Section or just click on the picture below to jump right to it!
We've just added a new piano lesson that Christie recorded recently. Find it in the Intermediate Section or just click on the picture below to jump right to it!
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