Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
There are physical health benefits to playing the piano as well as mental health benefits. While there are some overlaps with aspects of piano playing that are good for both physical and mental health, here is a list of six mental health benefits of playing the piano, particularly as a person ages. Most of the … Read more
Recently, I found myself having a very interesting conversation with someone I recently met. We are both school teachers and discussing how much we enjoyed working with children. When I expressed how much I enjoyed teaching music, she revealed to be that she used to be a classical musician who worked in various orchestras and … Read more
As I have been writing for Piano For Retirees for a few months now and people are starting to hear about this blog, I often get quizzed as to why even write about piano playing retirees in the first place. The answer is actually a very simple one – there are actually quite a lot … Read more
In many previous blog posts, I have briefly referred to my favorite music, but I have never actually mentioned them by name. I was originally not going to share their name simply for the fact that while I am a loyal Winston Music customer, I can acknowledge that there would likely be other music stores … Read more
It doesn’t matter what type of music you are into, whether it’s popular, jazz or classical music, you are going to need some knowledge of chords and chord symbols. Even if you were to do one of these online piano courses that can supposedly teach you to play the piano in a few short weeks … Read more
If you are Australian and over fifty years old, you are likely to remember a lady by the name of Hazel Hawke. She was a well known name only because her husband Bob Hawke, was Prime Minister of Australia during the 1980’s. From what I have read, she was always a very musical person and … Read more
I have been a piano teacher for a few decades now and I have seen a lot of piano books for beginners. I like to check out what is available at least on an annual basis because there may be a better piano course than the one I have been teaching from for years. Yes, … Read more