Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
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
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
I recently stumbled onto a YouTube video called “How to Start Learning the Piano – Self Taught!” and because it is only 14 minutes long, I thought it would be interesting to watch. Right from the outset he states that he taught himself to play the piano and knowing what he knows now, he wishes … Read more
When you first start to play the piano, you can be really excited and really keen to practice regularly, but sooner or later that adrenaline rush of actually getting started, wears off. Practicing can become more of a chore, when it was once delightful and now it doesn’t seem to be fun anymore. Sometimes you … Read more