Learning to Play the Piano

What To Do When You Feel Like Quitting Because Nothing Is Working

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Learning to play the piano is wonderful and there can be many, many hours of pleasure from playing the piano. This is especially true for people who have waited years or even decades to take piano lessons, who find piano lessons particularly enjoyable because they have had to wait for so long. But what happens … Read more

Preparing for Retirement and Preparing to Learn to Play the Piano

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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

You Don’t Need Theory If You Know Chords?

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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

My Story Is Not Relatable… Or Is It?

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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

“Will I Be Good Enough To Play The Piano?” is the Wrong Question To Ask

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Over many years, I have had people confide in me that they have always wanted to play the piano, as soon as they have found out that I teach the piano. Often what follows though is a quiet admission that they don’t think that they would be good enough. I always find it a little … Read more