Encouragement to Play the Piano

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

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

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

When Piano Practice and Piano Lessons Go Wrong

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There are times when we sit down to practice or have a piano lesson and everything goes wrong and you feel like you are completely wasting your time. You are left with feelings of frustration and annoyance. No, I haven’t been spying on you, I just know that it happens to everyone. This is not … Read more

Learning to Play the Piano with Chords

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Most people are aware that there is more than one way to play the piano. Some people play the piano by ear, while the rest of us either play classical, jazz or modern piano music. Naturally is a lot of overlap between classical, jazz and modern, but there is also a number of elements that … Read more

Playing the Piano is an Excellent Instrument for Introverts

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Just because introverted people, by definition would prefer their own company, enjoy a quieter life and avoid crowded spaces as much as possible, doesn’t mean that they are not interested in playing a musical instrument. Introverted does not mean boring and lacking social skills, it just means they would prefer to be with people in … Read more