Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
When someone learns to read music, they soon learn about rests. Rests indicate when a person is not playing their instrument, or in the case of the piano, when one hand or both hands are not playing any notes at all. The effect is moments or periods of silence. For some people, the concept of … Read more
I was having a discussion with my husband the other morning which started with the fact that a relief teacher, who I had met the previous day, claimed that they had retired five times already! My husband’s comment was that he was either bored or short of money and that regardless of the reason, my … Read more
I’ve read the statement countless times that you don’t need to learn theory if you know chords. So many online courses make this claim, but the claim is simply false because knowledge of chords and how to play them is indeed part of music theory. I get that it is a tempting claim and on … Read more
Before I really get started, I feel its important to state that I have no legal background whatsoever and that there is no consensus internationally about how much time needs to elapse before an artistic work can be considered out of copyright. Just like with many other things on the internet, there are free versions … Read more
I have deliberately held off recounting my own personal of learning to play the piano because I don’t think that my own journey is particularly relatable: My parents anticipated me and my sister being musical because my Mother’s Father had played the piano (he died before I was born) and my Father’s Mother played the … Read more
Don’t me wrong, I do enjoy teaching kids to learn to play the piano, but in some ways, adults are better piano students. Over the years I have started to teach kids the piano who are so enthusiastic to begin with and after a few months they are wanting to quit. This is because some … Read more
Years ago I joined a choir, just for a bit of fun and the choir that I joined was focused on quite a lot of jazz or jazz influenced music. One evening I was talking to the woman who helped run the choir and we were discussing a very specific point in one piece we … Read more