Rachel's Piano Studio

In Home Piano or Guitar Lessons

Call today 619 838 4305
Offering Affordable and Convenient music lessons throughout San Diego area.
Or at my studio!

All Ages and Levels are welcome
Flexible Schedule
Willing to Travel to your home!
Prepare and Apply for ABRSM exams, auditions and competitions

CPR and First Aid Trained
No Contract or Registration Fees

Classical, Blues, Country, Ethnic/World, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Musical Theater, New Age, Other (Not Listed), Rock/Pop,

or whatever you want to learn, all are welcome

If you do not have a piano or keyboard, we will bring ours to your home!
Or you can come to my house to have piano or guitar lessons

Please Feel Free to Call 619 838 4305 or
Email: rachel_piano@yahoo.com

Piano Lessons in San Diego area:

Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Mira Mesa, Clairemont Mesa, Serra Mesa, Linda Vista, La Jolla, La Mesa, El Cajon, Chula Vista, College Area, University, Downtown, Old Town, Mission Valley, Fashion Valley, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Mission Bay, Rancho Bernardo, Carmel Mountain, Balboa, Spring Valley, National City, Santee, Mission Hill, Miramar, Scripps Poway, University Height


For newer information, please visit: 
http://rachelspiano.blogspot.com/

http://www.wix.com/joanyirachel/rachelpiano


My Studio is located at Mission Valley, Or Serra Mesa
Your choice of using Baby Grand Piano , Upright Piano or Keyboard!

Questions

Is your child ready to play piano?
Every child is different, it depends on:
1. Their Interest - some children love music, and it gives them motivation to learn and explore more in music.

2. Learning Skills - if they can read and know alphabet, also understand simple conversation, it will be great for them to learn and read notes and understand simple instructions during lessons.

3. Memorizing Skills - they do need to memorize some materials during every lessons. (Most of them are pretty easy to memorize!) as long as you and your child work on the materials after lessons, then, there should not have any problems.

4. Concentration - they have to focus and concentrate during lessons, without being constantly distracted. Some children might go around the room a little bit during lesson, thats OK! as long as when you asked them to sit still and concentrate, then that will be fine.

5. Calculation - they should be able to count up to 10 and do very simple addition. It is necessary for them to understand the rhythms and different notes values etc. materials.

6. Practice - they should practice maybe 5 to 10 mins a day or maybe 15 mins twice a day etc. in order to have improvement every lessons.Lastly, it depends on what you want and what your children want. There are some successful cases for the children who start around 4 years old; however, some of them only want to have fun and you might not see any improvements Or maybe very slow improvements in every lessons Vs. 6 years old. In my point of view, the earlier the children start playing piano, the better they are in the long run with all the considerations above. Hope it helps for your consideration.

Do I / your children need to practice everyday?
It depends.
Some children love playing piano, especially when they learn the song that they want. Motivation is very important, for some children, they do not want to learn playing piano or maybe they are very lazy and do not feel like practice everyday , thats OK! However, we have to give them some attention or maybe rewards for them to keep practicing in order to see the results. They do not need to practice everyday, they can practice 15 to 20 mins twice a day or maybe 5 to 10 mins everyday for the beginner. Never force them to practice! Try to give them reinforcement, it will help them to build their own motivation.

Practice Makes Perfect!

Do I / your children need to have a piano or keyboard to start?
YES
It is very important for you or your children to have a piano or keyboard to practice.
What should I get? Piano or Keyboard?For long run and be professional, Piano will be the ideal instrument to get! If you prefer to compose and to make your own music; Or you do not have that much of money or place to put a piano at home, Keyboard will be better for you! For children under 6, or you are not very sure if they or you really want to learn piano, Keyboard will be a great deal! Yet, piano gives the best sounds and "fingers' feelings" (the weight keys); it also gives you the best training for the ears. (It will help you to play music by ears.) I would recommend Piano for the primary instruments to use.

What kinds of keyboard should I get?
It will be great to have a piano instead!
If you decide to buy a keyboard, pick the one with the "weight" keys, 88 keys with pedal. It is really important on what you are going to get.

For more questions, Please feel free to email at: rachelbowmanburns@yahoo.com

Lessons Info

Lessons Information
Lessons include:
Basic Music Theory
Ear Training
Composition
Sight-Singing
Sight-Reading
Piano Chord Voicing
Chord Use Scale and Mode Use
Exercises to develop finger strength
Improvisation
Classical Music Composition
History of Music
Fingerpicking,
Blues Reading Tabs and actual music score, barre chords, palm muting strumming pattern,hammer-ons, and pull-offs. (for Guitar)

Analyze Piano Pieces from Renaissance music to pop music etc..

Great opportunities for learning Music Theory

For Music Theory Lesson Please Call 619 569 0205 Rachel for more information

Policy

*Policy:
Please refer to http://rachelspiano.blogspot.com  Policy section
Thank you

Files

Fingerings for Arpeggios:
C, F, G Majors, d, e, a, c, g, f, b minors : RH 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 LH 5 4 2 1 4 2 1
D, E, A, B, F# Majors, eb minor: RH 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 LH 5 3 2 1 3 2 1 or 5 4 2 1 4 2 1
C#, Eb, Ab Majors, c#, f#, g# minors: RH 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 LH 2 1 4 2 1 4 2
Bb Major RH 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 LH 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 or 4 2 1 4 2 1 4
Bb minor RH 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 LH 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 or 4 2 1 4 2 1 4

Fingering for Dominant Seventh Arpeggios
Root position beginning on a white key: RH 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 LH 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Beginning on Db, Eb, or Ab RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 2 1 4 3 2
Beginning on Bb RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 3 2 1 4 3
Beginning on Gb RH 2 3 4 1 2 LH 4 3 2 1 4
Alternate fingering on Bb RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 2 1 4 3 2

More information: 
Book: Hanon Exercise
Website: http://cnx.org/content/m10856/latest/

Rates

Rates
Lessons are given on a weekly basis

Payment will be paid in each lesson


Please call or email for the rates!
or visit http://rachelspiano.blogspot.com

*P.S. : extra $5 will be charged for every 10 miles away from the zip code 92168,the 30 minutes, 45 minutes and 1 hour lesson for time concerned and gas expenses

(For example, if you live like 12 miles away from where i m, i do have to charge $5 extra for gas expenses and time concerned)

The rate above only good for 1 person, for 2 or more people, please asked for rates, thank you.

If you live more than 20 miles from 92168, might charge $10 extra for gas expenses and time concern but the duration of lesson maybe longer, if you could find more students who want to learn piano in your area, the rates will be reduced back to $5 extra for gas expenses and time concerned (only applied to certain area) ;

and if you have financial problems, please let me know also and email me for more information

For families with three children or more, Asked for Discount!


For coming to my studio
Rates are
$30 / 30 mins 
$50 / 1 hour


If you sign up before March 30, 2012, Rates will be $25 / 30 mins ! so Call now 619 569 0205 !!

Mission

Mission
I believe learning music is an enjoyable experience. Students should have fun playing piano, but it is also important that they learn the necessary techniques while playing piano.

My goal is to help individuals who are not interested in playing piano and teach them to enjoy playing music

As for those who like playing piano, my goal is to teach and go in-depth about the background behind a piano piece;

And most important of all, to teach students to learn music in a fun and relaxed way.

I Love Music and Children Offering Very reasonable prices I will work in different area in San Diego,
I am Willing to travel I teach at student's home

I will help students to apply for different kinds of auditions or exams from ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)

Anyways:
If you practice, you get better.
If you get better, you play with better players.
If you play with better players, you play better music.
If you play better music, you have more fun.
If you have fun, you want to practice more.
If you practice more, you get better....!!!!!

Practice Tips:

1. Practice makes perfect!! choose the same time and duration each day, if you skip or miss a day here an there, try to split the practice time into same sessions as the normal practice time

2. Your child or yourself may want to quit from time to time. This is Totally Normal! Don't give up! Try to stick with it! Music lessons can go through difficult stages from time to time, this is a transition! You will learn it through time!

3. Positive feedback or reward are important! Be encouraging and cheerful all the time, make sure that its fun for you! Ask yourself a question: Why you learn piano or music? Some child said its all because of their parents...ITS NOT TRUE! There must be a reason why you keep learning! Think about it! and Try to encourage yourself with the reason that you believe in!

4. Try find someone sit with you when you practice! Sometimes you will need help in developing the discipline and confidence when you practice!

5. Keep in mind that "Years of Study" doesn't mean you will be perfect when you keep learning and studying! Years of Study means you have more experiences than others! Everyone is different, some just need few years and they can manage a very difficult and challenging songs; but some don't! We are not compare to others but try to make yourself be better each time you learn and practice thats our goal!

6. Enjoy is all that count! As I said before "Practice means PERFECT!!!! "

RACHEL'S PIANO STUDIO

In Home Piano or Guitar Lessons


Call today 619 838 4305
Offering Affordable and Convenient music lessons throughout San Diego area.

All Ages are welcome

Classical, Blues, Country, Ethnic/World, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Musical Theater, New Age, Other (Not Listed), Rock/Pop,

or whatever you want to learn, all are welcome
Please Feel Free to Call 619838 4305 or 
Email: rachel_piano@yahoo.com
Rachel