Playing the Piano

How to Instantly Improve Your Piano Playing With Little Effort

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Yes! You too can instantly improve your piano playing with this one little step that takes very little effort and has the potential to transform your piano playing and take it to a whole new level! As I write this , I feel like I am channeling some voice over person on an infomercial that … Read more

Trust Me! I’m a Professional!

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The words ‘trust me’ I think invoke suspicion rather than confidence on the internet and with good reason – there are so many people that discuss topics on which they have absolutely no information on. All they have is uninformed opinion being claimed as fact. I think a bit of skepticism is a good thing … Read more

You Don’t Need Theory If You Know Chords?

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I’ve read the statement countless times that you don’t need to learn theory if you know chords. So many online courses make this claim, but the claim is simply false because knowledge of chords and how to play them is indeed part of music theory. I get that it is a tempting claim and on … Read more

My Story Is Not Relatable… Or Is It?

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I have deliberately held off recounting my own personal of learning to play the piano because I don’t think that my own journey is particularly relatable: My parents anticipated me and my sister being musical because my Mother’s Father had played the piano (he died before I was born) and my Father’s Mother played the … Read more

“Will I Be Good Enough To Play The Piano?” is the Wrong Question To Ask

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Over many years, I have had people confide in me that they have always wanted to play the piano, as soon as they have found out that I teach the piano. Often what follows though is a quiet admission that they don’t think that they would be good enough. I always find it a little … Read more