🎹 Just wanted to share something today · Musicate: Your First Song

🎹 Just wanted to share something today

No tutorial, no lesson — just a piece I've been enjoying.

This is The Singing Swan by Alexis Ffrench, an ABRSM Grade 2 piece. I recorded it for one of my students who's preparing for her exam, and as I played it I thought: this is too lovely to keep between the two of us.

Here's what surprised me: she improved more from watching that recording than I expected. Not just from sight-reading, not just from our face-to-face classes — from simply watching and listening to how the piece is meant to sound.

The shape of the phrases. Where the music breathes. Things that are hard to explain in words, but easy to hear.

It reminded me of something I keep relearning after all these years of teaching: we absorb so much music through our ears and eyes before our fingers ever catch up. Watching someone play isn't cheating. It's how musicians have always learned.

So I thought I'd share the recording with all of you too. No lyrics, nothing flashy — just a short piece that know exactly what they want to say.

Have a listen. And tell me — have you ever learned something faster by watching someone else do it first? (Music or otherwise. 🎵)

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🎹 Just wanted to share something today