Playing the Piano for Pleasure

Is Learning to Play the Piano Expensive?

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In answering the question as to whether it is expensive to learn to play the piano, it is like trying to answer the question of how long a piece of string is. Clearly the answer is that you can spend a minimal amount or you can pay thousands and thousands of dollars. Obviously the most … Read more

Playing the Piano is my Happy Place

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Recently I was talking to some friends whose teenage daughter had been taking piano lessons for a number of years and even though I knew that she was learning to play the piano, I had never actually heard her play until recently. So I was telling her mum about the circumstances that allowed me to … Read more

Progress, No Matter How Small, Is Still Progress

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When it comes to learning to play the piano, there is one thing that typically kids and teenagers do better than adults and that is not being in a hurry to get good at playing the piano. In most things in life, kids and teenagers are known to be more impulsive and in a hurry … Read more

Review of Music Greatness  – Piano Basics – Beginner Piano Lessons

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I came across this series of YouTube videos that are done by the music channel called Music Greatness. They have got quite a lot on their YouTube channel. Some of the videos are for piano players and some are for guitar players. The series of six beginner piano lessons I believe are actually mis-named. I … Read more

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