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Seymour Bernstein
In this pedagogy demonstration, Seymour Bernstein gives a model of an adult amateur's first piano lesson. His student is Jack Desrosier, a college student studying violin. Seymour shows Jack the step-pattern for constructing major scales at the keyboard, revealing the simple fingering rules and choreographic principles for playing them.
Jack's First Piano Lesson
In this pedagogy demonstration, Seymour Bernstein gives a model of an adult amateur's first piano lesson. His student is Jack Desrosier, a college student studying violin. Seymour shows Jack the step-pattern for constructing major scales at the keyboard, revealing the simple fingering rules and choreographic principles for playing them.
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