Course Description

Are you planning to start learning a musical instrument? Maybe you are already taking music lessons or you have been a self taught musician for a while this course is for you.

This course is dedicated to all music students to want to have a more effective study routine, being able to take the most of every minute spent in front of your musical instrument.

In this course you will learn how to organize your study routine, how to understand the main areas of your daily practice. Other topics like types of metronome, tempo markings, types of musical memory are analyzed.

Join this course today and enhance your practice being able to enjoy your music and achieve your goals.

Ilse Lozoya

Ilse Lozoya has been a piano teacher for the last 17 years, her experience teaching young kids includes the Yamaha Program and now she is a Certified Suzuki Piano Teacher For the last 7 years she has been a higher education teacher in local music universities. Her academic degrees include: Music Bachelor´s Degree by Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG) Master´s Degree in Education by Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) University Teaching 101 by Johns Hopkins University through Coursera Liderazgo en gestión educativa estratégica a tráves del uso de la tecnología by Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Foundations of Teaching for Learning Specialization Program by Commonwealth Education Trust Virtual Teacher Program Specialization by UCI Extension Continuing Education Currently besides her daily academic activities, she is developing virtual piano courses in order to reach people who don´t have the opportunity to take regular piano lessons, she has a blog and she is preparing an E-book

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Chapter 1

    • Getting started

    • Main areas

    • Technique

    • Reading

    • Repertoire

    • Study Routine

    • What to consider
  • 3

    Chapter 2

    • How to develop accuracy and speed?

    • Accuracy

    • Speed
  • 4

    Chapter 3

    • About ....

    • Types of metronome

    • Tempo Markings

    • Tips
  • 5

    Chapter 4

    • Types of musical memory

    • Muscular memory

    • Ear memory

    • Analitic memory

    • Visual memory

    • How to integrate them in your playing?

    • Conclusion