Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
I haven’t thought that I am overly opinionated, in fact I pride myself on being a fair and reasonable person, but I must confess that every time I see an ad on Facebook for a ‘Learn to Play the Piano’ course, I get really irritated and automatically assume that it is probably not that good. … Read more
Learning to play a piece of piano music is hard to pin down because there are just so many factors that have an influence on how long it takes a person to learn to play a piece of music. How frequently someone practices and how long a person has been playing for are two of … Read more
I recently got a comment from someone who was refuting my claim that anyone could learn to read music. He mentioned that despite something like 8 teachers over 10 years couldn’t get him learning to read music. First of all, that is some serious dedication and effort and clearly the issue was not an incompetent … Read more
From time to time, I meet someone who will tell me that they the piano by ear and because they claim to not be able to read music, they don’t consider themselves to be real piano players. I’ve even experienced people that have almost seen to be apologetic about playing the piano by ear, which … Read more
I’ve mentioned quite a number of times before that often when I meet people for the first time and the conversation comes around to question about what do I do for a living and when I tell them that I teach the piano, I’m fairly frequently given a reply that they want to learn to … Read more
Learning to play the piano takes time – it takes a lot of time, a lot of energy and a lot of effort. No matter what method you choose, it is going to take time to learn to play the piano proficiently and I think that is a small part of the appeal of learning … Read more
I am not exactly sure why I remembered this recently, but when I was 16, I broke the scaphoid bone in my left wrist, which is situated at the base of the thumb. I know that I was in plaster for six weeks and because the broken bone was at the base of my thumb, … Read more