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Category: Piano

By Geeks out of the Box Posted on January 27, 2019

Simon playing Händel’s polyphonic Fughetta

Categories: art, Music, PianoTags: Fughetta, Handel, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 29, 2018

Simon practicing polyphony

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Fughette, Handel, homeschooling, Piano, polyphony
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

Map of the piano chords

During his piano lessons, Simon has been working on a diagram that would map all the possible chords on the piano. I gave him a huge roll of paper to … Continue reading Map of the piano chords

Categories: Milestones, Music, Notes on everyday life, Piano, Simon's sketch bookTags: Music, piano chords
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on June 27, 2018October 15, 2018

Playing Tchaikovsky a 4 mains

Categories: Music, Piano, Together with sisTags: a 4 mains, homeschooling, Piano, Tchaikovsky
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on March 6, 2018

Practicing Bach…

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Bach, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 9, 2018

Playing the Fibonacci Sequence on the Piano

Inspired by a Numberphile video, where Simon learned the technique to express the Fibonacci sequence in musical notes.

Categories: Milestones, motor skills, Murderous Maths, Music, PianoTags: Fibonacci, homeschooling, math, Music, notes, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 9, 2018

Practicing Hayden

 

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Hayden, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 22, 2017

Practicing Blue Room by Rodgers and Hart

Simon’s classical repertoire has extended to include some jazz, although he still seems to prefer Brahms and Bach. And the math of music.

Categories: Music, Piano, Together with sisTags: Blue Room, homeschooling, jazz, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 23, 2017

Just a couple piano pieces as an intermezzo

   

Categories: Music, Piano, UncategorizedTags: Bach, Brahms, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on July 12, 2017

Simon plays Wagner

Simon playing an adapted piece from Wagner’s Tannhäuser and getting annoyed as the teacher is trying to help him through singing. A nice example of Simon’s hypersensitivity.

Categories: Music, PianoTags: homeschooling, Music, Piano, Wagner
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on July 1, 2017

Clementi

Simon playing Clementi’s Sonatina:

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Clementi, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on June 2, 2017

Simon playing Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony

Simon’s favorite piece for the moment – Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony:

Categories: Music, Piano, UncategorizedTags: homeschooling, Music, Piano, Schubert, Unfinished Symphony

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