Dmitri Timoshenko

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  • Tallinn V Guitar Student Competition

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    ET Täna toimus Tallinna V kitarri õpilaste konkurss ja üks minu õpilastest sai 2. koha. Ta mängis kahte teost, millest üks oli tema enda kirjutatud. Mõnes mõttes ajalooline hetk, sest minu teada on see esimene kord, kui keegi mängib eesti klassikalise kitarri konkursil oma muusikat.   RU Сегодня состоялся V Таллиннский студенческий конкурс гитаристов, и…

  • New (old) piece is finished

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    Long time since my last post. During that time few things happened: I wrote a set of “Pieces for Kids. Level I”, finished one of my older pieces called “A Tune”, which I was composing in 2015, but didn’t finish, went to a lecture of Patrick Zeoli (student of Abel Carlevaro) about the guitar technique.…

  • Next academic year

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    Another academic year is over, but already generating ideas for teaching during next year. GLOSSARY Many students start instrument playing when the school starts, age 6-7. Children’s reading skills are incomplete or completely missing. Even though actual theory learning doesn’t start at that point, it’s possible to teach to a small children musical glossary through…

  • Learning guitar

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    По-русски ниже. Eesti keeles allpool. EN May – June. Examinations in progress. First year of studies is introduction to guitar: simple, characteristic pieces on one, two and more strings; melodies on treble, on bass strings; solo pieces, guitar duo with teacher. Basic skills are obtained: correct posture, sound producing; improvisation, composition (song form). Second year…

  • Do things differently

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    I have many different students. One and the same piece I might give to several of them, but approach could be different. For example: there was one composition, based on a Brazilian folk melody arranged for two guitars. First guitar would play melody and second – accompaniment. With one of the students we analyzed the…

  • The best reward

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    What can be a better reward for a teacher, than his little student getting 1st place at school contest for her guitar performance?

  • A talent

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    When we see a kid performing well, we tend to say that s/he is talented. We say that and it becomes a givenness for us. But behind a good performance stands much more, that a simple talent. Or notion “talent” is larger than most of the people used to think. Working with many students of different age, preparing…

  • A teacher

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    I believe that being a good teacher is to be conscious about what you do. Thanks to my students, when I teach or practice, I constantly think: – what I do – how I do – why I do They ask me many questions. Sometimes it takes me couple of days to answer, because some…

  • The first experience

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    The idea of the first experience proved itself working well. Most of the beginners, who came in my guitar class in September 2016, these days ask me regularly “when can we do our own piece? Please! Please!” 🙂 According to my program, a student, coming to a first lesson with me, is creating right away…

  • Music notes!

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    ET Nootide tundmine on tähtis! Nii nootide kui ka erinevate tabulatuuride tundmine on tähtis. See on sama kui mida rohkem keeli valdad – seda kasulikum.  See annab liigipääsu informatsiooni juurde. Ja informatsioon on jõud. RU Знать ноты – это важно! Знание нот как и знание разных табулатур важно. Это как знание языков: чем больше знаешь,…