Piano Lessons in Annapolis, MD - Anne Arundel County
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Piano Lessons in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Robert Mimm is a piano teacher with 16 years experience, providing private piano lessons to children and adults, beginner through advanced. Located in Edgewater, Maryland, near Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County, MD.
If you've been considering taking piano lessons, or getting piano lessons for your children, this is a great place to get more information.
If you've been considering taking piano lessons, or getting piano lessons for your children, this is a great place to get more information.
Top 10 Reasons Why Children should take private Piano Lessons
- 1Provides a creative and safe outlet for your child to express him/herself
- 2Distinguishes your child from the rest
- 3Develops your child's cognitive skills
- 4Gets your child "In the Zone"
- 5Teaches diligence - and the wonderful results that come from it
- 6Great sense of accomplishment
- 7Better expressive outlet than dating, drugs & mayhem
- 8Replaces hours of computer games with true artistic creativity
- 9Musicians preserve the best of the past
- 10A musical education is the hallmark of a cultured, well-rounded, well-educated person
Important!
"I witnessed the wonderful
connection that developed between teacher and student. Robert would relish in my daughter's accomplishments, and acknowledged each newly learned measure of music." - Y. Dawson
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Thank You JoyfulPamela for *SquidBlessing* this piano lessons lens! Check out JoyfulPamela's Musical Instruments Angel (we're listed there!) and her other wonderful lenses!Can I take lessons with my child?
I encourage parents to take piano lessons, along with their children. Maybe you didn't get a chance to learn piano when you were a child, but always wanted to learn.When the parents take piano lessons, the parents are better able to help the child because:
- An interested parent will ensure success for child.
- The parent will be able to understand the music & help the child during practice.
- The parent will be better able to encourage the child (& vice versa).
- Playing piano will become a joint project.
- The piano will provide a great bonding experience.
- Because the parent will know how the piano lessons works, the parent will be able to help the child's learning curve between lessons.
- You will have an opportunity to PLAY DUETS - which are lots of fun!
Your Children's Piano Lessons
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But I have No Piano!
I am often asked if it is necesssary to have a piano when starting piano lessons. The answer is "NO!" A $100 keyboard will hold a student for 1 to 1 1/2 years before a decision to purchase a piano is needed.If interest is held, practice is done, and room and financial rquirements are met, then, the purchase of a piano can be justified.
How Much Does a Piano Cost?
Pianos can be had for $0 to $100.
But, the average piano for the beginner to intermediate student is $500 to $1200 for an upright, or $2,000 to $5,000 for a baby grand.
But, the average piano for the beginner to intermediate student is $500 to $1200 for an upright, or $2,000 to $5,000 for a baby grand.
Practice, Practice, Practice
How much time does my child need to spend practicing?
Practicing piano can be fun and short. A Beginner student can expect to practice only 10 minutes a day in the beginning.
Everyone has 10 minutes a day.
Your child should be practicing with you in the room, because your child will be motivated by you watching him/her & your encouragement.
Setting small goals helps give children and adults a sense of continual and increasing accomplishment. Students learn a little bit at a time, and soon have a repertoire of which they can be proud.
Your children will want to practice because:
- They'll be playing tunes that they've heard before - children songs, commercials, on radio, etc.
- Tthey'll be able to pick-out pieces that they like and want to learn.
- They'll be composing their own tunes.
- They'll be motivated by their upcoming recitals
Everyone has 10 minutes a day.
Your child should be practicing with you in the room, because your child will be motivated by you watching him/her & your encouragement.
Setting small goals helps give children and adults a sense of continual and increasing accomplishment. Students learn a little bit at a time, and soon have a repertoire of which they can be proud.
Your children will want to practice because:
- They'll be playing tunes that they've heard before - children songs, commercials, on radio, etc.
- Tthey'll be able to pick-out pieces that they like and want to learn.
- They'll be composing their own tunes.
- They'll be motivated by their upcoming recitals
10 Minutes A Day
Can change your child's life.
Heck, your child will even
ENJOY IT!
Robert Mimm
Robert Mimm has been a teacher of piano for more than 15 years in Pennsylvania and Florida. He is now a permanent resident of Edgewater, Maryland (near Annapolis). Since 1971, Robert has tuned, repaired, and rebuilt pianos bringing new life to the instrument and new joy to the owners. Contact Robert at 410-499-3210 or email robertmimm5788 (at) msn.com. Important!
"His patience, enthusiasm
for teaching, and his good sense of humor have made every lesson pleasurable for my children." - C. Madabushi
Reading Music v. Playing By Ear
Reading music is an absolute necessity - there's just no getting around it (despite what others may say).The musical alphabet is only 7 letters long. When you learn to read, you start by learning the alphabet. It's the same with music.
But it's easy. You (or your child) can learn to read music with just 3 short sentences and 1 word:
All Cows Eat Grass - Bass space notes
Great Big Dogs Fight Always - Bass line notes
Every Girl Buys Designer Fashions - Treble line notes
FACE - Treble space notes
It's THAT easy!
EGBDF
Every
Girl
Buys
Designer
Fashions
[Call Robert Mimm to learn
what this means and why
your child should know it.]
How soon will I be able to play a song for my family?
You or your child will be able to play recognizable tunes after the first few weeks of study, like the Minuet below.
Bach (Petzold) - Minuet in G
Bach/Petzold's Minuet in G is a beautiful classical piece that even a Beginner student can learn.
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YOU Can Play the Piano!
Remember, you (or your child) may think that you don't know if you want to play piano. But, you don't know how something will benefit you if you don't try. Each person, whether 5 or 75, man, woman, or child, can learn new things. You don't have to go as far as my top student. You can just enjoy the ride. You can play the piano! Your Favorite Classical Composer
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Chopin - Prelude in A Major
Chopin's Prelude in A Major is a classical piece that an Intermediate student can learn.
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Quote from "The Billboard Encyclopedia of Classical Music"
"During the Romantic period, the pianist acquired heroic status. The Polish pianist Ignacy Paderewski (1860 - 1941) became a cultural hero, the emodiiment of his divided, conquered country's continuing cultural identity at a time when it was unable to have a political one. Indeed such was his standing that, on the re-establishment of an indepenedent Poland in the new Europe drawn up in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, he was elected its president." When Was the Piano Invented?
The creation of the piano is attributed to Bartolomeo Cristofori (employed by the Medici's of Italy). Piano @ Wikipedia
Important!
Positive Feedback
"[My children] . . . receive from Mr. Mimm the positive feedback, support, and motivation that makes them want to continue playing." - M. Converse
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for our children
Robert Mimm
4154 Carvel Lane
Edgewater, MD 21037
410-499-3210
Top Books about the Piano & Composers
How will Piano Lessons translate to other instruments?
Many schools require children to take another instrument (band, string ensemble, choir).I create musicians, and then the info will translate to learning the new instrument. Your child will already be a musician.
For example, one of my students, Stephanie, who didn't even want to take piano lessons (as in, "Stephanie, why do you want to learn piano?" Stephanie: "My parents think it's a good idea.")
Within a few weeks, Stephanie caught on fire. A few months later, she had a grand piano. And now, 5 years later, she plays the major works of Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Beethoven.
Actually, Stephanie grew so fast musically that when she expressed an interest in playing the violin, I arranged for her to meet a highly sought -after violin teacher. Today, only 3 years later, Stephanie is the top violin student in that studio.
MORAL: Learn piano as your first instrument.
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Music & Math
Music and Math are the same thing.Both are involved in the interpretation of symbols. So, learning piano and reading music develops that part of the brain that will be working with math - and therefore planting seeds for future math success.
Also, the time signature relates to fractions and ratios.
Einstein was a pianist and violinist.
Learning an Instrument
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Chopin's "Valse Melancolique in F Sharp Minor," No. 20 (O.P.)
Robert Mimm played the "B" section of this Chopin piece at my wedding!
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YOU & the Piano
Tell us about your relationship with the piano, its music, or your desire for you or your child to learn to play piano, or your child's love of playing piano and piano lesson success!
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reasonablerobinson
Apr 12, 2011 @ 8:54 am | delete
- What a great lens. I think anyone who teaches and encourages piano playing is a special person.
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TheresaMarkham
Apr 12, 2011 @ 10:24 am | delete
- Thanks! And, yes, Bob is a VERY special person :)
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JoyfulPamela
Mar 17, 2011 @ 6:23 am | delete
- Wonderful! Thank you for encouraging the study of piano! *SquidAngel blessed and featured on "Musical Instrument Angel"! =D
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TheresaMarkham
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- Thank you so much JoyfulPamela!
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The Story of Music - from Antiquity to Present
The Story of Music: From Antiquity to the Present
Amazon Price: $6.83 (as of 05/28/2012)
This is a great book filled with intriguing facts and info about the interaction of culture, people and music. What paintings and poems influenced the great composers? What do the typewriter, gun and piano have in common? Which composers influenced and mentored the others? Find all about it here.
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