AJRamos Piano Lessons

Piano and Film Scoring Lessons in Coral Springs. 954.319.7096

2011-12-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

Learn Jazz, Pop, Gospel, Rock, Classical. Sight-reading.
Learn how to play songs by using chord symbols in different styles.
Learn how to sight-read music from Brahms to Bill Evans to Elton John.
Learn how to write, arrange and compose your own music.

Ariel J Ramos is a piano teacher, accompanist and film composer in Coral Springs.
(Sample rd. & Coral Ridge dr.)

Piano, Music Theory, Arranging and Composition lessons are available for students of all ages and levels. Also lessons in protools, sonar, digital performer, gigastudio, and all software to write music for film and tv.

Lessons are held weekly at Ariel J Ramos studio located in Coral Springs
Prices at my studio
$30.00 /half hour
$40.00 /45 min.
$50.00/hour

Lessons at your home can also be arranged by special request
Prices at your home
$50.00/45 min.
$60.00/hour

Composition Lessons also available.

Accompanist service.
$60.00 to $100.00 with two rehearsals and performance.
Staff accompanist at American Heritage school in Plantation 2006-2011.
Accompanist for the National Youth Choir at Carnegie Hall in March 2011.
Accompanist for FVA and MPA.
Orchestra piano player for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines 1999-2009.
Chamber & Jazz ensembles in Florida 2003-2011.
Classical, Jazz, Contemporary (all styles)

Call or email me for available days and times:
Tel. 954-319-7096

Email: piano@arieljramos.com

2011-12-10T05:42:00.001-08:00

"Not Fur Elise". peformed by Ariel J Ramos.

featured in the new mDecks Focus Series book:
"Reconstructing Beethoven's Fur Elise" 25 Studies on Beethoven's Bagatelle in A minor.

August. Piano Quartet

2011-08-22T08:54:00.000-07:00

Piano Quartet in a Romantic-Post Classic style.

Composed by Ariel J Ramos

Piano Technique Vol. I

2011-08-03T16:10:00.000-07:00

Available at mDecks.com
Piano Technique... So much has been said about it. So many books have been written on the hows and whys of Piano Technique, that it would be of no use to attempt writing a new book on this topic. This is why Piano Technique Vol. 1.: Finger Control Independence, Balance & Strength is all about practice.

This book has 43 technical exercises for developing and maintaining your technique to its best possible shape. Some exercises are for the very beginner while others require a higher level of proficiency. Exercises way above your current level are not recommended since they are harmful to your technique development. It is always advisable to have your teacher decide which level you can undertake with confidence. Piano technique involves so many subtleties that there is no substitute for a good teacher when it comes to showing the student how to do certain movements and how to feel them.

As a rule of thumb: Good piano technique is about relaxation, minimum effort and optimization of movement. In the end any master perform his/her art effortlessly and that, should always be the goal in any discipline.

In the beginning every action seems odd, out of place, every note feels alien and out of control. With practice, one tries to translate will into action, with practice one learns what actions are feasible and consequently what to aim for.

If you have read the How to use the "mDecks Series Books..." chapter, you are ready to start.

Relaxation. Optimization. Effortless performance and Consistency .

52 Weeks of Practice. Workbook for Students and Teacher

2011-07-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

Available at mDecks.com
There are so many different methods of practicing an instrument. Many teachers focus on repetition while others prefer to search for the musical freedom and expressiveness of the student. Some methods disagree with the practice of scales and patterns; others base all the practice routine on them.
In all this sea of ideas on how to approach practice effectively there is, without any doubt, one common ground, where all methods meet:
Any practice routine must be consistent, organized and must evaluate progress.
Probably the most common reason any practice routine fails, is the lack of organization. Do you know what you were practicing two months ago? What were your goals? What was your level in a certain topic? How much time it took you to learn a certain piece or technique?
Can you evaluate your progress during the last few weeks? There is nothing more satisfactory than knowing how much you have improved after all those hours of practice. Also, there is nothing more important than knowing your weak areas where improvement was minimal or non-existent.
These 52 worksheets will help you create a productive practice routine, where consistency and organization will be the key.

How to use the Worksheets
Each worksheet is a record of your practice for an entire week, based on a four topic-a-week approach. These four topics should be balanced in a way that will make your practice routine challenging yet enjoyable.

For each new record (worksheet): Write the starting date and fill in the top row of the grid with the corresponding days of the week for each topic.
Write a title for each topic you will be practicing during that week, if you are using the mDecks series you can write the card id for future reference. Leave space for comments regarding progress or difficulties you might find during the week. You need not use all of the topic entries in each week (you might want to practice only two during a certain week).
Carefully choose the amount of time you will assign to each topic and mark it on the clock icon at the right and input the approx. amount of minutes in numbers. Remember to be realistic when adding the total of minutes for all the topics since that is going to be the duration of your daily practice.

On every practice session: Examine the current record. Watch for comments you have written down during the previous session.
Once you have finished practicing each topic, write a check mark under the current day and write comments down regarding your practice on said topic.

Rehamonization of Blue in Green

2011-07-30T07:22:00.000-07:00

Reharmonizing and arranging a jazz tune requires the use of many concepts and skills.

In this reharm careful attention was taken in keeping the original melody. An analysis of the harmonic progression is essential in finding new chords that will fit the melody and still reflect the original chord changes giving the song a new color.

Also compositional skills should be used to give consistency to the arrangement, for example: in this arrangement the descending scale pattern that makes up the melody was used throughout the entire piece in parallel and contrary motion in many different voices.