Category Archives: Videos

Teaching Techniques: Counting Lines

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Marie

In this piece, taken from Michael Aaron’s Piano Course: Grade One, we calculate notes using the “counting lines” method: If neighboring tones are in a line-space-line-space pattern and if Middle C is line zero (neither in treble nor bass clef), … Continue reading →

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“Bow Wow Wow” from James Bastien Piano Course

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Marie

Please enjoy this video of one of our young students’ playing a duet with Mrs Marie.

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Playing a C Major Scale

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Marie

Correctly playing a C Major Scale (or any scale) requires correct practice.  Our instructor Mrs Marie shows us how to manage a tricky, little part of the scale in this video.

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C Major Scale, One Octave, Ascending

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Marie

Mrs Marie from At Home Music, Inc, demonstrates how to play the simplest scale. We hope that these videos help you to practice correctly.

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C Major Scale, Triad, and Inversions

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Marie

What do these mean? If you have a minute (yes, it’s under a minute), watch our newest video. You can do this to all triads (chords of three notes). Try it for F and G majors as they, like C … Continue reading →

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Spring Recital 2014

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Marie

A few students participated in a springtime recital last weekend. In order of appearance: Taylor, age 8, played the theme from “Star Wars” and “In the Hall of the Mountain King.” Kyle, age 10, played Clementi’s “Sonatina” in C Major … Continue reading →

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Teaching Techniques

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Marie

I use this teaching technique frequently, asking the student to play one clef (or hand) while I play the other. It is good to use after a student has been working on a piece for several days, having learned the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Ozzy Osbourne

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Marie

Singer, songwriter, and actor John Michael Osbourne, b. 1948 in Birmingham, England, has sold more than 100 million heavy metal albums, thus dubbing him the “Godfather of Heavy Metal.”

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