Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
Not all the time and certainly not all content creators, but I have seen quite a number of YouTube videos that are aimed at teaching people how to play the piano, where there is some remark about the validity of different genres of music. This does annoy me somewhat, because it is often a flipant … Read more
There are all sorts of reasons to learn to play the piano as well as a bunch of reasons why you shouldn’t. I know this sounds weird coming from a piano teacher and blogger who loves to encourage people to learn to play the piano, whether or not I am the one to potentailly teach … Read more
I know that I often talk about the difficulties and frustrations that go along with learning to play the piano baecause I see my students experience them. I also remember what it was like all those years ago when I was little – I still vividly remember the annoyances and frustrations that I had to … Read more
Zach Evans is the person responsible for the YouTube channel Become a Piano Superhuman. I must admit when I stumbled across this YouTube channel, I was intrigued, so I watched the video entitled How to Play the Piano: Day 1 – EASY First Lesson for Beginners. I must admit that I was not impressed at … Read more
Learning to play the piano using a piano teacher is really the best option for learning. I realize that some might be sceptical about me saying this because I am a piano teacher. I understand that this might seem a little self serving and a way of justifying how I make some of my income. … Read more
We all know that once you get to a certain age, bodily aches and pains can just happen and they can interfere with what we do and how we do things. Unfortunately, this can happen while you are playing the piano. Fortunately these potential aches can be somewhat helped. Back pain can sometimes seem to … Read more
In my experience, whenever there is a mention of learning theory of music, it is often accompanied by a groan. I do get it – learning about music theory isn’t nearly as much fun as actually learning to play the piano. But there is a point to learning theory and even though it is not … Read more