Piano Teaching
Tim Grant-Jones is not only an experienced pianist and accompanist. He has spent over 30 years developing his piano teaching to beginners and advanced, young and old. Many of his pupils have gone on to study music and have a career in the music profession.
Every person has musical ability and can learn to play the piano. Tim knows how to tap into it in a unique and exciting way.
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Children and adults remember what they play through visual recognition of what their fingers do, which develops into remembering the sound of the music, which in turn develops into finger muscular familiarity. Tim knows how to get his pupils to reach the final stage and they in turn play with remarkable security and pleasure.
To many parents, teachers and pianists, playing the piano is associated with learning to read music, playing old pieces, regurgitating scales and arpeggios, the odd bit of sight-reading, a bit of aural and an exam once a year. All these are useful but...
What about improvising over a 12-bar blues sequence, composing a character piece, arranging a song, playing in an ensemble? All these are just as useful, more fun and make all-round musicians. Pupils who do all these activities usually get higher marks in their grade exams.
Tim uses his own tutor for beginners and has adapted his material many times over the years to suit the specific needs of each individual person.
Lessons are at his home in the Bedford area. He teaches on a Yamaha C7 grand piano. This is a wonderful concert grand in a purpose-built sound-proof music studio.
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