Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
As I frequently do, I was scrolling through YouTube and I came across a very interesting video that I would like to respond to. The name of the video is ‘Playing Any Song By Ear in 3 Steps’which was produced by a YouTube channel called Mark’s Piano – PGN Piano. I can only presume that … Read more
There is a lot of people, both professionals and amateurs that sing while they play the piano. To top it all off, they also make it look effortless. For some people, it is actually effortless, but for others it is not effortless at all. For some, it takes a lot of hard work to sing … Read more
It is really only music that heavily uses notation, that uses rests, so I’m talking about classical music and jazz music. However, if you play popular music that doesn’t rely on printed music, you still should be made aware of rests and use them in your playing. Rests are simply gaps of silence in the … Read more
Fingering is one of those weird things in so far as sometimes it matters and sometimes it doesn’t matter at all. Talk about being confusing. Whenever there is fingering put on a page of music, it has been put there for a reason – to make sure that the correct finger is used so as … Read more
The main benefit out of playing the piano in retirement is obviously doing something that is enjoyable for the ones that want to learn. However, playing the piano has far more benefits other than just giving people pleasure and joy. Playing the piano has a number of health benefits that are particularly significant as people … Read more
Some people are of the opinion that practicing the piano involves playing through their pieces of music. Playing through piecees of music can certainly be a part of piano practice, but it is hardly the complete story. Before delving too far into this topic, I would like to stipulate that this is my professional opinion, … Read more
Jazer Lee is a piano content creator on YouTube and he has quite a number of videos in his channel. While I have not seen all of his videos, I have seen a number of them. In a nutshell, he produces quality content. He explains various concepts quite clearly and he is very pleasant to … Read more