Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
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
We all know that once you get to a certain age, bodily aches and pains can just happen and they can interfere with what we do and how we do things. Unfortunately, this can happen while you are playing the piano. Fortunately these potential aches can be somewhat helped. Back pain can sometimes seem to … 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
In my endeavors to produce this blog, I often look at what is available online. Much of what I have seen is geared towards people learning how to play modern music on the piano. There is not a lot of instruction on how to play the piano via a classical method. In some ways it … Read more
If you have been following my blog for any length of time, you would probably be a little put off by the quasi-sensationalist title of this blog. While I do acknowledge that it might appear to be over the top, there is actually truth in this blog title. One of the things I very much … Read more
At a guess, I would have to say that Pianote is probably one of the biggest online piano teaching platforms. They have been around for years now and if you have ever googled ‘how to learn to play the piano’, you would have at least seen their ads. Over the years I have seen quite … Read more
I hope that in writing these blogs it is obvious that I respect and appreciate the different styles and genres of piano music. I genuinely think that every genre and every style has its place and that just because I have a certain penchant for classical music, doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate other types of … Read more