Piano Lesson in Progress - (Kodaly Reading). ‘Daydream’ from ‘Beyond Level 3’

This is a portion of a real piano lesson.

It's so useful to watch a real lesson happening with a real student. In particular, this video is a wonderful way to observe the Kodaly method applied specifically to learning the piano with a student who is a late beginner.

This student began his learning with the PianoForte Method and has worked through Levels 1 - 3 and is working through the Major Scales book. He is now in the level called Beyond Level 3 (found in the printable membership). He has played the piece Brightness from this level and is now working on this piece Daydream.

This student began his music journey with me as a preschooler in a Kodaly/Orff class I taught. He started private piano lessons when he was four years old. For the first three years of lessons he shared a 40 minute lesson with a sibling (also at the same level). This year he has had regular 30 minute one-to-one lessons once a week. He practices a few minutes every morning before school. He has performed in a lot of recitals, in some playing duets with me and recently performing pieces from PianoForte Level 3 solo.

I will continue to assign lots of pieces at this Late Beginner / Grade 1 level for the next year and we will work towards completing his major scales.