Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
It really doesn’t matter which style of music you like to play or how easy or complicated it is, there is bound to be some sort of fingering added to the music. Sometimes there is a little and sometimes there is a lot. Let me be clear: The fingering that you see on the page … Read more
My biggest mistake as a piano teacher happened a long time ago, when I had only been teaching for a few years. I had this piano student around 10 years old and I taught her at her home. For the sake of the story I will call her Sally (which is not her real name). … Read more
When I was a child taking piano lessons, I clearly remember having to learn new pieces of music in a very specific way. I would have to learn the right hand and left hand parts separately until each part was known really well before putting both right hand and left hand parts together. Many piano … Read more
As an experienced piano teacher, the thing that irritates me most of all is when piano books have the names of the notes printed in the middle of the note. I especially hate it when beginner piano books start off this way. I have seen piano books designed for the beginner that waste half the … Read more
There are so many online piano courses and even apps that are out there all claiming to be the easiest, cheapest, most fun way to play the piano. Some of them are quite good while others are merely teaching you pieces of music in a way that keeps you tied to their system, rather than … Read more
If you are attempting to sight read a piece of music, here are some steps that are a good guideline to help you be successful. What is important to point out that there can be so much preparation done in your head, in just a couple of minutes, before you play a single note. These … Read more
Obviously if you are keen to play the piano in retirement, whether it is as a beginner or you are picking up from where you left off many years ago, then listening to music is something you would enjoy doing and it will help you to become a better piano player. Listening to music, any … Read more