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Adaptable Piano Solo of Canon in D
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 don't have to...
Piano Skills
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...
Six Mistakes Beginning Piano Students Make That Frustrate Me
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 their...
Ludwig Van Beethoven
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...
The Chopsticks Challenge
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 friends who...
Piano Practice–How to Get to the Bench
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 choose, when it comes to...
Piano Lessons Learned from Barnacles
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 Portland, Oregon. That city is 100 miles...
Is Your Piano Progress At A Standstill? (view 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 over and over again and they keep getting the same...
My Story
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...
AM I TOO OLD TO LEARN THE PIANO?
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 complicated." If any of...
Can I Teach Myself 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 to play the piano by themselves...
Do You Have A Birthday Occasion Coming Up?
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 below. Also it might be interesting to know where the song...