Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
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
Over the years, I have had many people be amazed that I can play the piano, when they first meet me. It’s not because they think I am stupid in any way – it is more a case that they cannot fathom how anyone could possibly play the piano. Some people tend to have the … Read more
I have heard and read, particularly on social media that reading music is hard if not impossible. Clearly it is not actually impossible otherwise literally no one would ever be able to read it and interpret it. I’ve heard the opinion that it is really hard to read music from people who have never actually … Read more
Finding the right piano teacher for a student is crucial for success as a mismatch of a student and teacher can lead to a lack of enjoyment, a lack of understanding concepts and frustration which can unfortunately lead to a student quitting. It is important to find the right piano teacher for you. If you … Read more
Learning to read music is an important skill unless you only ever want to play the piano by ear. It doesn’t matter what style or genre of music that you prefer to play, learning to read music is a very useful skill. If you want to learn to play classical music, then learning to read … Read more