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LEARN PIANO WITH

RORY BENNETT

COPENHAGEN'S NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR PIANO LESSONS

Motivating: Rory Bennett is an experienced and academically proficient piano teacher who motivates his students. He enjoys working with students of all ages to improve their piano skills and achieve their goals.

Uplifting: He takes great pride in ensuring his students advance with the proper instruction mixed with practice while having a great time.

Successful Skills: The lessons & courses are designed for all skill levels and tailored to each student's needs and musical preferences. Rory teaches all genres of music with the best techniques, theory and exercises.

Inspiration & Improvement: As a student, you will experience a fun, dynamic and relaxed atmosphere as Rory supports you with a high level of instruction and inspiration.

Creative Confidence & Commitment: Rory is both committed and enthusiastic about teaching. He has more than 20 years of teaching and he has been in the music industry for more than 40 years. He believes it is absolutely essential for students to enjoy the process of learning & developing personally as they learn to play the piano. This process gives students the confidence, self-esteem and overall general sense of well being to excel in other areas of their lives.

PIANO LESSONS

BEGINNER PIANO LESSONS

For Students who wish to learn an easy way to get started at the piano. I have found that new students can become easily frustrated when it comes to the basic principles of application. First and foremost, I will work towards empowering the confidence of the student to play.

Theory, technique, and dynamics are essential for the beginner as well as the use of the pedals. Eliminating frustration and having a good time in the early stages of development, will ensure the student's capabilities, and get rid of any anxiety they may have experienced early on. Piano instruction should be fun to learn not a burden.

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INTERMEDIATE PIANO LESSONS

1. Pitches and clefs - Understanding musical tones and different clefs

2. Intervals - sharps and flats, major and minor intervals, perfect intervals, augmented intervals.

3. Scales - major scales, minor scales, Modes such as Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian,etc.

4. Major and minor keys - Using key signatures, the circle of fifths and changing keys.

5. Rhythms - notes values and basic notation, whole notes, and half notes, etc. Taking a note and dotting it, taking 2 notes and tying them together.

6. Time signatures - measuring beats, changing time, grouping beats.

7. Temp dynamics - beats per minute, tempo terms, speeding up, slowing down, getting loud, and getting soft.

8. Melodies - combining tones and rhythms using common and unorthodox melodic techniques.

9. Cords - forming a chord, different types of chords, chord extensions and inverting chords.

10. Chord progressions - chords for each note in the scale, ending a phrase, and common chord progressions.

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ADVANCED PIANO LESSONS

1. Phrases and form - introduction to Sonata form. Recognizing a verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge. Following the rules and making them easier to understand by putting it all together.

2. Transportation to other keys - ways to transpose, step-wise transposition, degree transposition, interval transposition, and bass transposition.

3. Harmony and counterpoint - voicing and inversions, voice leading, creating your first counterpoint, what to avoid in your counterpoint.

4. Lead sheets and scores - following the rules of creating chord charts, taking shortcuts by converting 5 sheets of music into one of two lead sheets, studying theoretical analysis of different scores.

5. Composing and arranging for voices and instruments - vocal arranging, vocal ranges, instrumental arranging, instrumental ranges, instrumental characteristics, theoretical transpositions, good and bad keys of instrumental ranges.

I will show the student how a linear line of music (as in a passage from Beethoven's 6th Pastoral) can be studied through harmonic analysis, giving the student a basic visual look into the compositions of some of the most important composers of past and present.

Having composed a vast quantity of music myself, I will show the student how I personally use the fundamental principles of exposition, development, and recapitulation (Sonata form) as a tool to compose some of my most complicated piano works; to my more marketable compositions such as pop songs.

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WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING

I am very happy to recommend Rory as a piano teacher.

Rory is a dedicated teacher and recognizes the importance of teaching theory, scales, note recognition, and sight-reading. He insists on the highest standards while maintaining admirable flexibility that enables him to engage and inspire completely different types of students.

Sharon Mann Oryan - Senior Deputy State Attorney - Israel

I would highly recommend Rory Bennett as a professional piano and vocal teacher. He continuously challenged and inspired Marie to continue with her music lessons, despite her heavy load in academics.

Rory has a very high standard and understanding of what a student needs to go forward.

Yves Paletta - CEO of ClearStream Energy Services, Inc. - Canada

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I will Rory has a certain way with the children that allow them to express their own individuality while also teaching them a classical approach to learning piano. The kids are excited when he arrives at our door and their weekly lessons are a fun time in our household.

Rory is very honest, trustworthy, and highly reliable - never cancelling or late for our lessons.

LEARN PIANO

WELCOME

LEARN PIANO WITH

RORY BENNETT

COPENHAGEN'S NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR PIANO LESSONS

PIANO LESSONS

BEGINNER PIANO LESSONS

For Students who wish to learn an easy way to get started at the piano. I have found that new students can become easily frustrated when it comes to the basic principles of application. First and foremost, I will work towards empowering the confidence of the student to play.

INTERMEDIATE PIANO LESSONS

1. Pitches and clefs - Understanding musical tones and different clefs

2. Intervals - sharps and flats, major and minor intervals, perfect intervals, augmented intervals.

3. Scales - major scales, minor scales, Modes such as Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian,etc.

4. Major and minor keys - Using key signatures, the circle of fifths and changing keys.

5. Rhythms - notes values and basic notation, whole notes, and half notes, etc. Taking a note and dotting it, taking 2 notes and tying them together.

6. Time signatures - measuring beats, changing time, grouping beats.

7. Temp dynamics - beats per minute, tempo terms, speeding up, slowing down, getting loud, and getting soft.

8. Melodies - combining tones and rhythms using common and unorthodox melodic techniques.

9. Cords - forming a chord, different types of chords, chord extensions and inverting chords.

10. Chord progressions - chords for each note in the scale, ending a phrase, and common chord progressions.

ADVANCED PIANO LESSONS

1. Phrases and form - introduction to Sonata form. Recognizing a verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge. Following the rules and making them easier to understand by putting it all together.

2. Transportation to other keys - ways to transpose, step-wise transposition, degree transposition, interval transposition, and bass transposition.

3. Harmony and counterpoint - voicing and inversions, voice leading, creating your first counterpoint, what to avoid in your counterpoint.

4. Lead sheets and scores - following the rules of creating chord charts, taking shortcuts by converting 5 sheets of music into one of two lead sheets, studying theoretical analysis of different scores.

5. Composing and arranging for voices and instruments - vocal arranging, vocal ranges, instrumental arranging, instrumental ranges, instrumental characteristics, theoretical transpositions, good and bad keys of instrumental ranges.

I will show the student how a linear line of music (as in a passage from Beethoven's 6th Pastoral) can be studied through harmonic analysis, giving the student a basic visual look into the compositions of some of the most important composers of past and present.

Having composed a vast quantity of music myself, I will show the student how I personally use the fundamental principles of exposition, development, and recapitulation (Sonata form) as a tool to compose some of my most complicated piano works; to my more marketable compositions such as pop songs.

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WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING

Sharon Mann Oryan - Senior Deputy State Attorney - Israel

Yves Paletta - CEO of ClearStream Energy Services, Inc. - Canada

Avonda Nelson Urben - Founder & CEO, The Perfect V - Denmark/USA-Washington D.C.