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

To Pedal Or Not To Pedal, That is the Question

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Pedaling is one of those things, where there doesn’t seem to be much consensus about. Some piano players advocate a very strict idea about when and how much the pedal should be used, while others think that doing what feels right, what you think is the best way to go. I personally can see both … Read more

Unveiling the World of Online Piano Forums

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I must admit I am not the most technologically savvy nor do I regularly get on the internet and just have a look around. If I’m on the internet, it is for a specific purpose. This is why I have only discovered this year that there is such a thing as piano playing forums, specifically … Read more

Strike the Right Chord: Your Guide to Piano Playing Forums

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I must admit I am not the most technologically savvy nor do I regularly get on the internet and just have a look around. If I’m on the internet, it is for a specific purpose. This is why I have only discovered this year that there is such a thing as piano playing forums, specifically … 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 Read the Lines and Spaces of the Treble Clef and Bass Clef

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Everyone has there own way of learning and while some techniques work for some people, they will not work for all. The same principle applies to learning to play a musical instrument and learning to read and interpret musical notation. Learning to read the treble clef notes and the bass clef notes can be easy … Read more