Time Table

What exactly can one learn in 4, 8, or 12 lessons? 

Barring the 5-7 age group, and if the student regularly gives me something to work with, I expect a pupil to learn how to maneuver in the girly pink area of the keyboard in 4 lessons. 

The pieces normally played in this level (early elementary) consist of nothing more than melodic lines with some accompaniment to be played by the teacher.

SAMPLE OF EARLY ELEMENTARY PIECES

Why are they so bare? Because aside from getting familiar with the keyboard, coordination between hands is still being developed. If you attempt to play pieces that require some finger gymnastics at a time when you’re just starting to make use of all ten fingers, trauma is what you’re going to get, haha! So best bear with the kiddie songs until you gain some control over them digits.

The additional hepa or yellow area is targeted to be learned in 8 lessons. This brings the student in the elementary level. 

SAMPLE OF ELEMENTARY PIECES

A smattering of harmony can now be found here and there, increasing the sonority and texture of the music.

SAMPLE OF LATE ELEMENTARY TO EARLY INTERMEDIATE PIECES

Late elementary to early intermediate level go further up and down the keyboard. This is where you start earning your bragging rights. Can it be achieved in 12 lessons? I’d be foolish to claim so. Finger gymnastics. This is where it starts. My student Sherise is at this level. She started with me May 2013. She took lessons until September then stopped for 6 months due to school and returned April of 2014. Not counting the break, it took her 10 months. Her first stage performance can be viewed here. 

Often an assurance is sought when inquiring about piano lessons. After all, who wouldn't get antsy at the thought of wasting time and money on an endeavor that might prove fruitless? But as the saying goes, it takes two to tango. At the very least, come to your lesson regularly. And practice. I am not a magician. If you want an assurance that you’ll learn something in so-so months, do the same and assure that you’ll do your part. Otherwise, the only thing I can say with absolute certainty is that you’ll learn zip, nada, zilch, zero, betlog, if what you do in front of the piano is simply pick your nose.