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Yurij Petlura

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I have been Mr. Karan`s student since 1998, first at Leon`s Music Studio, and then at McMaster University. Through Mr. Karan`s tutelage I progressed as a pianist, winning many competitions, and ultimately received a Bachelor of Music degree at McMaster University this year. I felt privileged when Mr. Karan asked me to teach for Leon’s Music
Studio, where I taught from September 2009 until June 2011. During the course of this time I had the pleasure of teaching five students, where I learned a great deal about piano pedagogy from practical experience and through Mr. Karan’s guidance.

This year I will be attending teacher’s college at OISE, and the teaching techniques I developed through teaching piano will be invaluable to me in my future endeavours. Also, it was a pleasure seeing these students progress as musicians, and it was a pleasure working with Mr. Karan, who always tried to make sure that both I and my students were satisfied with our teaching and learning experiences. I hope that Leon’s Music Studio will continue schooling many pianists in a professional manner in the years to come

Yurij Petlura

Music Lessons

School for parents.

We understand and encourage uniqueness with a nurturing environment tailored to each piano student’s individual talent and career goal. Music is a reflection of our lives and piano is among the most expressive instruments capable of delivering musical experience.

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How to Teach Piano Successfully.
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Piano Tuning

Piano Service and Tuning

Piano is a complex musical instrument that uses mechanisms not found in any other device.

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A professional musician usually analyzes tone subjectively, using a sense like soft, mellow, bright tone or, sharp and low pitch. The professional tuner is able sometimes, to please customer by making sound more mellow or bright, regulate the action and to bring scale to the standard of 440 MHz “A” created by J.S Bach.
A perfectly tuned piano is a necessity for people playing piano. It must be in tune and well regulated in order to avoid hearing the music properly and be able to prepare for the ear-test component of the Conservatory exams.

Like any mechanical instrument it has to be serviced at least twice a year.

Audio Recording

Audio recording is the perfect tool to overcome nervousness of public performance

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In public performance there is still some room for error. It could be recovered by the special study of the piece, knowledge on how our memory works and solid preparation however, the perfect recording require ability to stay focused through entire recording which is even more difficult.
After successful recording session artists and students are more confident in their abilities to deliver expressive musical performance without any glitches.
Some helpful tips on how to work on eliminating memory lapses and technical glitches read in the next update of the web site…