Peter Jackson accompanying two violinists at Summerkeys student concert  July 2007 Maine USA.

 

 

 

Peter, using klavar music, also accompanied two mandolin players who played from traditional notation.

His own composition "For Clara"  for violin or flute, and piano, was performed by two members of the

teaching faculty. (We now have software that can convert klavar music into traditional notation.)

For Clara was composed using the  klavar  notation.

 

 

Dr Johnny Siu Kam-wah PhD. demonstrates his transcription program KlavarwriterXP to university

students on the November 2006 course. The program enables players to transcribe music into the

Klavarskribo music notation using an electronic keyboard. It is available from the Foundation.

 

 

The Seven week course for Beginning Pianists at the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, using the Klavarskribo music notation,  finished on Friday 17th March 2006 with 17 proficient students . Nine have now joined the Hong Kong Klavar Music Club.

 

March 2006 Klavar Course participants

 

At the Hong Kong Polytechnic University the Winter Semester 7 week course ( 2.5 hrs per week) finished on Tuesday 15th March with 21 happy students returning for the final lesson. The course was conducted as part of the Complementary Studies Programme of the Student Affairs Unit. Many students had mastered the Klavar notation  by the end of the course; however more practice is needed before they become fluent in  playing with arm weight.

During the course students used mini keyboards for chord and interval recognition. The main texts were:-

 

Learning The Intervals Catalogue No. 50005,

Hal Leonard Lessons Book 1, the CD of which was useful for rhythm practice as a group  John Thompson  Grade 1 Studies Cat No.23683 and

Piano School 1A Cat No. 16621.

 

Specially prepared course notes enlarged on such concepts as use of the damper pedal, Tonic and Dominant chords, Scales and inversions of chords. Each student had a video CD  illustrating the use of arm weight.

 

The Photographs show  students using the chair seats as rhythm “drums” and  Peter demonstrating the free fall of the relaxed arm onto a cushioned keyboard of an electronic piano. During the course the students used three separate piano practice  rooms for practicing in groups. Sabrina Cheung, who learned Klavar in  1992, was Peter’s able assistant for some of the lessons.

 

Congratulations to all who finished this rewarding and enjoyable course. It was a pleasure to teach you!

 

Peter Jackson

Director Klavar Music Foundation of Great Britain.

Hong Kong 15th March 2005

 

 

Rhythm Practise:

Learning the free fall of the relaxed arm onto a cushioned keyboard:

University students in Hong Kong use  mini keyboards to learn how to recognise intervals and chords: