Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
As I have stated several times before, I have had so many people that have told me that they want to play the piano. Over the years I have come to realize that not everyone that has said that to me has been serious. I don’t mean that they are lying , its just that … Read more
The short answer to that question is a resounding yes – that experience in a choir or learning to play another musical instrument when you were younger, as well as having some piano lessons decades ago does help when you are learning to play the piano now. I have come across a number of people … Read more
As I have stated many times before, I get so many people telling me that they would like to learn to play the piano. I would have heard it hundreds, if not, a few thousand times and I have learned that people don’t always mean what they say. Actually, when it really comes down to … Read more
Some music is written badly and it is not because the quality of the music is particularly bad. I am not imposing my personal opinion here, it just that some music is not written well. Actually it is more accurate to state that some music is transcribed really badly. If you have every heard a … Read more
This can be a bit tricky to work out whether you should follow the fingering or not on any given piece of music. On top of this, everyone also seems to have an opinion on what is best practice, so here is what I think should be the case. First of all, if you have … Read more
Maybe it is just me but it seems like there is a pervasive notion that expresses the thought that you either know it all, or you know nothing. Now you and I get that this is simply not true – there is a whole lot of in between. Maybe the reason why this is on … Read more
I know this sounds quite strange, particularly coming from a blog the is all about giving information and encouragement to retirees to learn to play the piano, but hang in there because there is very much a point I want to make. One reason that you should not learn to play the piano, is because … Read more