Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

Madama Butterfly: 4 months piano progress!

Four months learning piano! My progress has slowed down a little this past month, because of work and family. Still, I continue practicing every single day and I can really feel the benefits of consis...

piano, piano prep grade

Self portrait, 2021

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Backlit by the sun.

Can't Help Falling in Love, by Elvis Presley (3 months piano progress!)

To celebrate my 3 months piano anniversary, I decided to stray away from method books and learn an easy arrangement of Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. Recording is hard. I filmed 19 takes to get th...

piano, piano grade 1

3 months piano progress!

I am learning so much from Ilinca and her PCA course (piano career academy). I'm really happy I discovered this so early in my piano journey! Here are some of my favorite pieces I worked on this month...

piano, piano prep grade

Piano progress: 2 months

After about six weeks with the Faber method I realize it'd take me forever to progress if I continued entirely on my own. Also, the arrangements all sound the same and it was starting to get under my...

piano, piano prep grade

Piano progress: 6 weeks

I keep practicing 1 to 2 hours a day and can feel my speed reading music is improving. I am still working on Faber Adult Piano Adventures and I also bought Keith Snell Essential Piano Repertoire Prepa...

piano, piano prep grade