Playing the Piano

Free Online Resources That Can Help You Learn to Play the Piano

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There are so many resources online to help you learn or re-learn how to play the piano. In fact I would argue that maybe there are too many resources available that makes choosing very hard. There are obviously paid resources that you can choose to access, but there is also numerous options that are free. … Read more

What Prevents a Person From Learning to Play the Piano?  

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I find it frustrating at times when I meet people that want to learn to play the piano and will find all sorts of excuses. I’m not talking about those people that have never thought about it before meeting me and finding out that I am a piano teacher. I’m talking about the people that … 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

Chords and How to Play Them

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There are all sorts of online piano course that teach you to play the piano by chords, which is a perfectly valid way of learning to play the piano. From what I gather they teach you about various rhythms that you can use but what I have not picked up from their advertising is how … Read more

The Perfect Time to Learn to Play the Piano Doesn’t Exist

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There seems to be an ideal age  for learning to play a musical instrument. For the violin, my understanding is about the age of 5, the guitar is when the child is physically big enough to be able to put there right arm over the body of the guitar and be able to reach the … Read more