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Friendly Piano Lessons for Beginners (Cantonese/English)
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The piano is one of the best first instruments to pick up as a newbie in music - gives you a solid base of musical understanding, teaches you how to read notes in both upper and lower clefs, and boosts your confidence when recognising pitches with multiple voicings as we work our way up.

We can do free-form learning or follow a goal-oriented learning programme (climb the ABRSM grades).

We'll break down the work needed to master all the way from scales to exam pieces to aural to sight reading.

I am flexible - let's work to your needs and preferences!
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About Me
I hold an Integrated MSc Pharmacology (1:1) from KCL and University of Oxford. I am natively proficient in Cantonese and English, also proficient in Mandarin.

I enjoy teaching the piano, the flute, phonics/spoken English in my free time. I enjoy interacting with people from various backgrounds. I enjoy guiding and empowering my students in their pursuits with a positive learning attitude, in so doing boost their confidence.

I completed the Music Theory Grade 5 exam at age 10. Attained my ABRSM Grade 8 for piano and double bass at ages 11 and 15, as well as LTCL (Trinity) for flute at age 14. I played in orchestras and various local/international competitions throughout my childhood in Hong Kong.

I have worked across London, Oxford, Shanghai, Hong Kong (hometown). Friends and students describe me as an upbeat, cheerful, and enthusiastic person. In terms of my style of teaching, I am flexible, comfortable, and versatile. My teaching will be dependent on the student's needs -- combining structured/systematic teaching and malleability, working to the student's needs, potential and character.
Education
- First-Class Honours in my MSci Pharmacology with Professional Placement Year degree at King's College London (2017-2021)
* Best MSci Experimental Research Project Prize (2021)
* George Brownlee Prize for the Best Student on the MSc Drug Discovery Skills Programme (2021)
* Undergraduate Pharmacology Prize (2021)
* Professional Placement Year at the University of Oxford (2019-2020)
* Best Overall First Year BSc Student Prize (2018)
- HKDSE (Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education), Belilios Public School, Hong Kong (2011-2017)
Experience / Qualifications
Music:
- Flute Trinity College London LTCL
- Piano ABRSM Grade 8
- Double bass ABRSM Grade 8
- Music Theory Grade 5
- Flute/piccolo orchestral player for 10+ years, double bass player for 6 years

Languages:
- Cantonese (native, Hong Kong born)
- English (native)
- Mandarin (proficient)
Age
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
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Beginner
Intermediate
Duration
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in
English
Chinese
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Beginners/Intermediate Flute Lessons (Cantonese/English)
58 £ /h
I am here to help you enjoy flute playing!

For complete beginners, the things I'll teach you the following in chronological order:
- basics of the sounding of the flute, assemble/disassemble the flute
- tone development: posture, embouchure, breathing, articulation
- basic rhythmic training
- fingerings for simple notes e.g. "G", "A", "B"
- other notes ("F", "Bb"; "E", "D", "C")
- understanding the balance
- sightreading simple solo, duet pieces
- more advanced notes
- pitch (sharp/flat)
- tone color
- more advanced pieces
- musical ornaments

Developing your own sound and tone colour is one of the most important things as a musician
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Learn Phonics (IPA) to master your English pronunciation to sound like a native (English/Cantonese)
58 £ /h
Nailing pronunciation is important in learning a language. I am going to teach you English phonics, including accurate word pronunciation + breakdown, and how to read phonetic symbols in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

In time, you'll sound like a British native. Happy learning phonics!
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