Russian School of Piano Playing (7)

For the past two years, I've been learning piano at Piano Career Academy (self-paced online course) using the method book "Russian School of Piano Playing", also known as "Die Russische Klavierschule".

Piano étude no. 116 by Gnesina

For the past two years I have really struggled to keep up with my piano studies. I feel a little disappointed in myself that after 2.5 years I'm still only a grade 1 student, but it is what it is. Work has gotten in the…

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"Lullaby" by Isidor Philipp

Lullaby is an adorable composition by French pianist and composer Isidor Philipp and piece no. 93 in Russian School of Piano Playing, the method book I'm using to learn (self-teach) piano. Not wanting to throw shade at anyone (but already doing it): I honestly love that…

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"German Song" by Lydia Kershner

German Song is a lovely short piece from the book Russian School of Piano (Die Russische Klavierschule). I really like that this method book is entirely focused on perfecting the intoning technique — in simple terms: to make the piano "sing". Lydia Kershner (1905 —…

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"The Rain is Drizzling" by Anatoli Aleksandrov

I learned this as part of the piano beginners' course at Piano Career Academy (online self-paced course). This is piece no. 93 in the Russian School of Piano Playing method book. At first, the structure of the piece, the detached notes, the alternating hands, it…

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"The Shepherd Plays by Tatiana Salutrinskaya"

I first learned this piece a couple months ago, following the progression of the Russian School of Piano Playing series. Recently I realised the score was in my Keith Snell Grade 1 repertoire book -- with pedal markings! I haven't really learned to use the…

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Russian School of Piano Playing Book 1 Part I

I have finally finished the first book in the Russian School of Piano Playing method! Can't believe I made it all the way here!! 🤩🎹❤️ Learning piano is one of the best decisions I ever made. My life is full of music and colours now.

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