When to Start Piano Lessons for Your Children (Part 1)

Mario Ajero discusses the benefits of starting children's study at the piano at an early age and the musical journey that his son, Nio, has taken when they started piano lessons around age 3 with songs by rote and the initial concepts and pre-reading pieces from the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Lesson Book 1.

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Tags: piano, pedagogy, music, education, early childhood, method, hal leonard, student library, suzuki, kindermusik, musikgarten

How to play Empire State of Mind (Part II) by Alicia Keys

Piano lesson on how to play the first page and the main three chords for "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" by Alicia Keys.

How to play Stuff We Did from UP on piano

How to play "Stuff We Did" from Disney/Pixar's motion picture, "UP", on piano. Composed by Michael Giacchino.

Happy 200th Birthday Chopin

Happy 200th Birthday for Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). Variation on Chopin's Ballade in F Minor, Op.52 by Mario Ajero, pianist.

Technology in the Group Piano Lab

This is a supplementary video for Mario Ajero's article "Technology in the Group Piano Lab and Beyond" for the November/December 2009 issue of Clavier Companion magazine. Subscription information for Clavier Companion can be found at: http://www.claviercompanion.com This video shows some of the technology that he uses in the digital piano lab at the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music. Programs include Home Concert Xtreme and Classroom Maestro from Timewarp Technologies found at: http://www.timewarptech.com

AirTurn Review for Clavier Companion

Video Review of the AirTurn AT-104 Wireless Page Turner for Clavier Companion magazine. To read the full review, go to: http://www.claviercompanion.com

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Tags: airturn, wireless, page, turner, piano, music, classical, clavier, companion

How to play Falling Slowly from Once on piano

This video piano lesson by Mario Ajero teaches how to play the beginning of the song, "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie "Once". This song won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 80th Annual Academy Awards.

You can find a link to buy the sheet music at:
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Tags: falling slowly, glen hansard, marketa irglova, piano, lesson, tutorial, music, education