Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
The simple answer to this question is yes. It does matter how you hold your hands when you are playing the piano for a number of reasons. The most important reason is to prevent strain and injury and while I think that this is important for everyone who plays the piano, I think it is … Read more
The piano, together with the organ and harp are unique musical instruments in the sense that each hand can play notes independently of the other hand. If you think about stringed instruments such as guitar and violin, the left hand usually determines what note or notes are played while the right hand determines the quality … Read more
Yes! You too can instantly improve your piano playing with this one little step that takes very little effort and has the potential to transform your piano playing and take it to a whole new level! As I write this , I feel like I am channeling some voice over person on an infomercial that … Read more
How much practice is necessary in order to learn to lay the piano is an interesting one. There are many varying opinions out there. Some of these opinions come from people such as myself, who have taught many students to play the piano while some people will have an opinion, who don’t even play a … Read more
For all the learn to play the piano courses online, they frequently claim that a lot of popular songs only contain four chords and that’s it. This claim is often made with other claims that range from the seemingly unlikely, such as “this is a totally unique program”, to the utter absurd one I read … Read more
Young and Inexperienced Piano Teachers are Not Always Valued So often we value experience in many aspects of life and sometimes the young and inexperienced are completely overlooked. I have met quite a number of young piano teachers and they all have shared a few characteristics. The first is that they are so enthusiastic about … Read more
Playing scales as a piano student, especially if you took lessons as a child, was something you were forced to do and almost everyone hated them. Even as a piano teacher when I am helping a student prepare for a piano exam and scales are an essential requirement, no-one has ever expressed joy or pleasure … Read more