Jen Crabb

Is Learning to Play the Piano Expensive?

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In answering the question as to whether it is expensive to learn to play the piano, it is like trying to answer the question of how long a piece of string is. Clearly the answer is that you can spend a minimal amount or you can pay thousands and thousands of dollars. Obviously the most … Read more

Playing the Piano is my Happy Place

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Recently I was talking to some friends whose teenage daughter had been taking piano lessons for a number of years and even though I knew that she was learning to play the piano, I had never actually heard her play until recently. So I was telling her mum about the circumstances that allowed me to … Read more

Minor Scales

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When it comes to scales the main ones that are used major, minor, chromatic and pentatonic and they all have exact characteristics and an exact definition. Major scales are probably the most commonly used in western music, whether it be classical, pop, country, gospel and even jazz. The major scale consists of eight notes, where … Read more

Progress, No Matter How Small, Is Still Progress

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When it comes to learning to play the piano, there is one thing that typically kids and teenagers do better than adults and that is not being in a hurry to get good at playing the piano. In most things in life, kids and teenagers are known to be more impulsive and in a hurry … Read more

People That Want to Return to Playing the Piano After Many Years

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I know that on this blog, I spend a lot of time encouraging those people that have always wanted to learn to play the piano, but for whatever the reasons, there just seemed there was never the opportunity. I have spoken to hundreds of people on this very topic over the years and the conclusion … Read more