How to prepare for a piano lesson online?

Please place the camera so that I can see the hands and body. Better on the side at about the height of human growth. Approximately one meter from the instrument. I recommend using a tablet stand like like this.

Make sure there are no bright lights in the background.

For the lesson to be effective, the student does not get distracted and does not waste time (“Oh! I have 5% left! Oh, it’s not charging, etc.”) fully charge your device through which we will study or connect it to the charger in advance.

Indoors:

  • Light – good lighting is important for both the camera and the working mood.
  • Quiet (vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, etc. not included, water does not pour, no one knocks on plates with spoons). All these noise sounds are perfectly captured by the microphone and distract me and the child from the lesson.
  • comfortable temperature. If it’s hot, turn on the air conditioner, just enough so that the airflow doesn’t blow into the microphone. If it’s cold, turn on the heating or heater. In a cold room, neither fingers nor brains work.)

Small children, dogs, cats, domestic hippos do not get confused under their feet, they do not walk on the instrument. Make sure doors and windows are closed to prevent outside noise from entering the room.

You need to sit so that your heels rest on the floor or stand. The elbows should be slightly above the level of the keys, the shoulders should be lowered. If the height of the chair is not enough, we put books. We check that the height of the chair is adjusted, the books are placed.

Sometimes Skype and other software starts updating at the most inopportune moment. I recommend turning on and checking your device, microphone, camera 5-15 minutes before class.

Legs rest on the floor or stand on a stand. Checking that the stand is in place.

Check that everything you need for the lesson is there. Notes, pencil, eraser, music book, second gadget to open backing tracks.

The child should be fed, watered, preferably well-rested and not tired. Make sure your child goes to the bathroom before class. You can put a glass of water nearby (but not on the instrument!)

Notes for the piano

Where to buy sheet music in paper format?

This is a Finnish online store. www.abebooks.com There you can find and order sheet music that we use in class:

For example:

Korolkova 1h

Korolkova 2h

Artobolevskaya

Nikolaev

You can also find some of these notes on Amazon and Ebay or search the internet.

There are also thematic groups in social networks where people help each other to acquire the necessary notes and books. You can search.

  • I highly recommend having sheet music books.
  • It’s convenient,
  • relatively inexpensive,
  • these notes will last you are not one year old,
  • They do not crumble and do not fall constantly, like printouts,
  • no need to waste class time and be distracted to find or pick up the right leaf from the floor,
  • losing an entire collection is more difficult than losing a printout sheet, etc.

P.S. We do not cooperate with any of the stores or sellers. Just what I found on the internet. Perhaps soon we ourselves will send you the necessary notes to your address via Turkey. Let us know if this is relevant.

Stolen from a friend group:
List of shops with books in Russian. Add your own!
📙 Latvian book “Vilki books” with delivery in Europe, in Canada and USA – https://vilkibooks.com/
📙 Alfavit Polish store with worldwide shipping — https:/ /alfavit.eu/
📙 Estonian online store with delivery to Europe, Ukraine, USA, Israel and Turkey – https://mirknig.eu/rozovij-zhiraf
📙 German “Kolobook” with Europe shipping — https: //kolobook.de/
📙 German Book Ant with delivery in Europe –