Playing the Piano for Pleasure

Learning to Play the Piano is Just Another Skill

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By the time people have reached the age of retirement, they have amassed quite a lot of skills. You probably don’t even realize just how many skills you actually have. It is just my opinion that even by the time a person hits their mid forties, they know quite a bit that the younger generation … Read more

A Review of Piano Genius

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In my quest to find quality resources on the internet, I stumbled on a YouTube video called “Learn the Number System to Play Scales and Chords Easily”. First of all, I found this particular video to be well presented with the picture of a keyboard lighting up the notes that he is playing, so you … Read more

Mistakes are Important to Make

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I know it sounds counter intuitive at best and crazy at worst, but it is true that mistakes are beneficial to make when you are learning to play the piano. So often we are trying to avoid mistakes because it is the mistakes that makes our playing flawed, but really it is making mistakes that … Read more

Some Ways to Improve Your Piano Playing

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There are many ways that you can improve your piano playing. Some of then are quite simple and straightforward while others take some time and effort to make a difference. Here is just some random ideas about potentially useful tools you can use. I have briefly mentioned this one before but a metronome can be … Read more

What Style or Genre is Ideal to Learn?

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I have frequently written about the value in all different styles and genres of music and just because classical music is actually my favorite to play on the piano, doesn’t mean that classical music is superior to all other genres. I think that it is important to learn to play what you actually would like … Read more

There is One Rule That Should Never Be Broken

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If you have followed my blog much at all, you probably realize that even though I have formulated what I think is the ideal way of learning to play the piano, I am flexible and I think that there are many circumstances that require a different approach or a different mindset to tackling an issue … Read more