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Chinese Lessons and Piano Lessons

May 17, 2009

you know what, i’m so happy today coz i finally managed to post a picture to my blogger or blogspot, despite the fact that it’s blocked, via email. hooray!

well just so to avoid confusion i’d be posting Shanghai Guides, still on my blogger account http://styleshanghai.blogspot.com

but i’d be posting about my day or life, whichever is less boring, here in this website. yeah, i know, i’m OC like that.

 well anyway, it’s sunday…i had to clean up a little bit. i only do this when i have visitors coming lol. i have chinese lessons today…actually it’s more of a language exchange coz i teach her english in return. well, anyway, her english is quite good already although still a little bit basic and her chinese accent is still strong. my dream is to have her speak in an american call-center bitch accent lol.

well, today i was so happy coz she wrote this essay about how to save money and she wrote this sentence:

nowadays people are inclined to eat out because…

hold it, stop right there…can you believe it? she used that word, inclined, i’m so happy i hugged her in delight. she must have thought i’m crazy. i told her, that’s fabulous where did you pick that one up? and she said, “uh you, you always tell me to use that.”

i’m just so glad i’m so annoyingly persistent in correcting her vocabulary lol. hahaha and so what if she also learned half the bad words from me, she never used them anyway since she’s such a sweet girl.

so anyway i’m telling you im the best english teacher for free haha…before i met this girl she just keeps saying yes, no, thank you, don’t like and you have to guess half of what she’s trying to say or she’ll demonstrate it by hands but now she always talks to me quite well, without even glancing at her translating device or whatever you call that calculator-looking box.

afterwards it’s my turn, she taught me these words used for my piano lessons. the piano studio where i was taking lessons is about to be closed so i had private lessons instead. unfortunately, my friend is too busy now to translate for me so i have to take the lessons on my own. it’s not so bad coz my teacher is so nice, she always thinks i’m cute when i tell her in chinese that i don’t want to play with both hands together…seriously, it’s easier to play with your right hand first then left hand the next lol.

so anyway, the piano teacher tried to learn the  phrases in english, but i’d rather hear her speak them slowly in chinese, since her english is still very basic. ok when i have enough time, i’m gonna give my piano teacher a major language tutorial.

after chinese teacher left i practiced with my piano…i had lots to learn. i’ve always thought this piece was an a-b-c song in chinese…but when my teacher played it last week, omg it’s so beautiful! and i’m destroying the melody. haha.

today i managed to play it like it’s a song not a haiku haha…but i know  it’s not quite the same melody i heard last week. oh well, there’s always tomorrow. it’s quite cold today probably around 23 i guess so i’m too lazy to go out. but i might later, i want to get some new dvd’s.

so how was your day?

i’d like to thank everyone who’s been leaving messages in my message board, i don’t know why but with my blogger blog, no one left me a message there. sob! oh well. bye!

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Posted by styleshanghai at May 21, 2009, 8:56 am

Another detail of properly learning to play the piano is studying and practicing music theory and chords. Chords and music theory are extremely valuable aspects of a pianist’s learning process. When learning to read music, a beginning piano player should be taught to understand the theory behind the music, rather than simply relying on sheet music. There may be instances in a pianist’s life in which he or she will have to perform without the aid of sheet music, and this is where the value of knowing chords and music theory kicks in. Unfortunately, many piano instructors seem to leave this factor out of their piano lesson plans, but with chords and music theory mixed in with all other quality piano instruction, the beginning piano player begins to grow as a pianist since all of the elements of instruction are working together. Learning to play the piano then becomes simply gaining knowledge gradually over time, and it only gets easier and more enjoyable!

Posted by piano lessons at May 22, 2009, 12:03 am

hi piano lessons thanks for posting. as of now i can’t do without the music sheet. i already make a lot of mistakes without it then without them i’d be a disaster. pls drop by again next time. thanks.

Posted by styleshanghai at May 22, 2009, 12:12 am

Piano lessons are a great way to introduce a child to the world of music. Not only does piano lessons introduce them to a cultural world it is been proven that introduction to music like piano lessons gives a child an advantage in understanding math and science better.

Posted by piano lessons at July 16, 2009, 6:12 pm

any idea where to learn piano in shanghai?

Posted by Lam at July 25, 2009, 2:09 pm

Hong Kong Piano Teacher delivers private piano lessons at students’ home.

Learners of all ages and nationality at all levels are welcomed. Lessons can be in English, Putonghua and Cantonese.

Please free free to send emails at: mrs-hui@163.com or call at: 13901653019 for Mrs. Hui

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Posted by Matt Mclaughlin at August 22, 2009, 10:32 am

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I know that there are some sites that gives piano lesson online. not sure how it gonna work esp. there are interaction needed for this.

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few of my students like this tips, They are ready to apply tutorial till next 2 week, so let’s see what they will learn? Both are in keyboard institute for learn keyboard basics.

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