by Lohnay | Apr 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have created an arrangement of the beautiful Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D piano tutorial. You can get your free copy of this very beautiful sheet music of Canon in D by requesting it here. Just type Canon in D Blog. I created this arrangement so you...
by Lohnay | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I love this photo of a small child so motivated to learn how to ride a bike. Do we sometimes lose that childlike motivation to learn new things as we become adults? I love how this young child has training wheels on and it looks like they are about to tip over, but...
by Lohnay | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
After teaching piano lessons for over 20 plus years you start noticing patterns of why some people don’t excel at the piano. Here are 6 things that frustrate me as a piano teacher that I see when I teach piano lessons for beginners. Mistake #1 They look at...
by Lohnay | May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) was born in Bonn, Germany, When Beethoven’s father realized that his son had musical talent, he forced the young child to practice for hours at the piano. As a four-year-old, little Beethoven stood at the piano and wept as he...
by Lohnay | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Try This Chopsticks was one of the first songs I learned to play before I even started learning to play the piano. There were two parts to learn so you could play it as a duet. I didn’t know anything about piano keys or reading music at that time. I had a some...
by Lohnay | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
After being a piano teacher for over 20 years–the main thing that I’ve noticed is that unless the piano student has a dedicated parent that makes them practice–it usually doesn’t happen. Even though they may love playing a song they get to...
by Lohnay | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
This Blows My Mind--I Had Never Heard This! I was listening to a really old talk in which they quoted this opinion story as follows from the Deseret News in 1988. “To some it may seem strange to see ships of many nations loading and unloading cargo along the docks at...
by Lohnay | Nov 15, 2019 | Free, Uncategorized
Is Your Piano Practice Producing Results? (see video below) Is your piano progress at a standstill? Let me share the one practice tip that will 10X your practice progress. When students have a difficult part in their piece of music, I notice they do this one thing...
by Lohnay | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
My Passion My passion for the piano started when I was about 5 years old. I remember my parents gave me an 8 key red toy piano for Christmas. It had black keys painted onto the white keys. (haha) I remember playing TwinkleTwinkle Little Star on it by ear and other...
by Lohnay | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
May be you want to start learning the piano, but you have this little voice in your head whispering to you, “What are you thinking? You should have done that years ago. You’re too old now. Your brain can’t handle learning something that...
by Lohnay | Feb 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Can I Teach Myself To Play The Piano? Photo by Gabriel Gurrola on Unsplash As a piano teacher, I have had a few parents at times disapprove of their children going on Youtube and learning piano songs. They are concerned because they think their children cannot learn...
by Lohnay | Nov 25, 2019 | Free, Uncategorized
Learn Happy Birthday With Just 3 Simple Chords! Learn the song Happy Birthday here so you can share your talents and spice up your next birthday occasion! It’s really not that complicated where you are only learning 3 chords! Click on the video...
