We have all seen news stories about “The Mozart Effect” and other ideas that suggest that making music, or even exposure to music can...

Early on in your piano playing journey you learned about rhythm, its the pattens of long and short notes that line up with the beat of...

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a set of fifteen two part inventions in the 1720’s to help his son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach learn to play the...

Learning to read music can be slow, boring, and frustrating. Most young students become fluent in reading the right hand notes long...

Some pianos only have two pedals, but most have three. The right pedal is used most often, it sustains the notes. The left pedal is often...

At some point in your piano playing journey you are probably going to want to play some of your music for other people. This might be a...

I record myself most days when I practice the piano. I just use my phone, and even though I have been doing this for years I still often...

Have you ever wondered what the left pedal on the piano does? Have you ever wondered why all the keys move to the side when you press...

We love to play the music of Johann Sebastian Bach on the piano. It's some of the most beloved of all the piano repertoire. However,...

Learning a new skill is difficult, it’s a huge investment of time and it requires a great deal of motivation. To become proficient at...

All the strings on the piano are always damped. This means that a piece of felt is resting on the string all the time that the key is not...

Many piano players are curious about the harpsichord, especially those who play a lot of old music like Bach and Haydn from the days when...

Piano players have a huge musical advantage. Some instruments only play one aspect of music. They might only play the melody line, or the...

Metronomes are really useful. They provide a steady beat that you can play along with. They come in mechanical and digital versions, but...

A ground bass is a bass line that never stops repeating in a piece of music. They are everywhere and are much more common than you might...

I have mentioned in some previous blog posts how easy it is for children to learn music. I have also mentioned how many adult students...

Is it necessary to learn scales to learn piano? The answer is actually no, many people don’t learn or teach scales. However, they are a...

There are so many demands on our time these days. And kids are more programed than ever. So is it worth adding piano lessons into this...

Trills are often the hardest thing for young pianists to master. Most of the issues come from playing them too fast, from playing them...

Millions of dollars are spent on ergonomics for office furniture and vehicles etc, but often musicians are asked to play piano on really...