Learning to Read Music

Music Terminology – Why Are There Two Different Systems?

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Music terminology tends to have two different systems in the English language to name note values, rest values as well as a few assorted other terms. Obviously, other languages would have there own terminology words. In English, there is the British English terminology and the American English terminology. This isn’t surprising as there are so … Read more

Could I Teach Myself for Free – Is This Realistic?

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Well the answer to the question of whether it is realistic to teach yourself the piano for free, is that it depends. What it actually depends on is how much prior knowledge you have and how much confidence you have. I think that if you felt really confident, you stand a good chance at not … Read more

Pianote Review – Are They Any Good?

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There are all sorts of people and platforms on the internet that you can learn to play the piano. Pianote is one of these, which I will discuss my opinions here. Before I do this though, I need to declare that I am not getting any payment for these opinions in any way at all … Read more

Why Playing the Piano is Good for the Adult Brain

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Learning to play the piano should be an activity that is taken up because a person would like to play the piano. Learning to play the piano as an adult really shouldn’t have any other reason. Playing the piano has physical benefits, the number one being maintaining or even building fine motor skills. This is … Read more

Don’t Let Your Opinions Get In the Way of Facts

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I haven’t thought that I am overly opinionated, in fact I pride myself on being a fair and reasonable person, but I must confess that every time I see an ad on Facebook for a ‘Learn to Play the Piano’ course, I get really irritated and automatically assume that it is probably not that good. … Read more