Jen Crabb

Every Piano Player Has a Weakness

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Every piano player has a weakness that they are either intentionally working on or they have found a method that helps them overcome their individual weakness. I have seen it with all of my piano students that I have ever taught and with all of the musicians that I have ever known. This doesn’t mean … Read more

Piano By Pictures Review – The Pros and Cons

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I have been noticing Piano by Pictures pop up on my Facebook feed quite a bit recently and they seem to have a well thought out system. Obviously someone at some point thought long and hard about the fact that there are some people who seem to struggle with learning to read music, so they … Read more

Why Do People Procrastinate About Learning to Play the Piano?

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I have been a piano teacher since I was 19 years old and because I have been a piano teacher my whole adult life, I have heard from so, so many people how they have always wanted to learn to play the piano. This has led to many conversations with many, many random people. There … Read more

A Review of ‘Ministeps to Music’ Piano Course

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‘Ministeps to Music’ is one of those piano courses that have been around for decades. Actually it was first published in 1959 and it has been around ever since. The series of books have not changed much at all over the decades and some would argue that it looks like an old fashioned piano course … Read more

A Dozen a Day Piano Exercises by Edna-Mae Burnam Review

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The ‘A Dozen a Day’ series of books that contain piano exercises have been around for decades. I know this because my first piano teacher gave them to me at the age of 7! Actually they were first available in 1954 and they have been available ever since. It’s not surprising to state that there … Read more

Piano Players Often Have a Favorite Key and Why This Could Matter To You

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As truly bizarre as this sounds,  a lot of piano players have a favorite key or two, that they just really enjoy playing in. Mine happens to be E flat major, closely followed by A flat major. I really don’t like F major because to me it sounds a bit too harsh for my taste. … Read more

Choosing Your Piano Path: Classical, Modern, or Jazz – Which to Master First

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This is another topic that piano players and piano teachers will disagree on – which genre of music should you learn first? If you are only interested in playing one type of music, then the answer is really simple – you should learn first what you are interested in playing. If you are not interest … Read more