Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
Yes, you read correctly, the topic for today is about the deaf Scottish Percussionist. I first heard of this lady many years ago. Her name is Evelyn Glennie and she wasn’t born deaf – she started going deaf at the age of 8 and gradually lost her hearing until the age of 12 when she … Read more
I know it seems like I am stating the obvious here, but it really is important that you learn what you enjoy listening to. Usually, if you thoroughly enjoy listening to a particular piece of music, you are going to enjoy learning it and playing it on the piano. So many times we can get … Read more
Well the answer to the question of whether it is realistic to teach yourself the piano for free, is that it depends. What it actually depends on is how much prior knowledge you have and how much confidence you have. I think that if you felt really confident, you stand a good chance at not … Read more
This is just a theory of mine, but sometimes I wonder whether people who genuinely want to learn to play the piano are put off by what I call piano snobs. Because the piano is a complicated and difficult instrument to play, there are people who have spent years and years in learning and perfecting … Read more
I find it frustrating at times when I meet people that want to learn to play the piano and will find all sorts of excuses. I’m not talking about those people that have never thought about it before meeting me and finding out that I am a piano teacher. I’m talking about the people that … Read more
Learning to play the piano should be an activity that is taken up because a person would like to play the piano. Learning to play the piano as an adult really shouldn’t have any other reason. Playing the piano has physical benefits, the number one being maintaining or even building fine motor skills. This is … Read more
There seems to be an ideal age for learning to play a musical instrument. For the violin, my understanding is about the age of 5, the guitar is when the child is physically big enough to be able to put there right arm over the body of the guitar and be able to reach the … Read more