Different Ways to Play the Piano

As there are many genres of music, there are many styles of playing piano. This might be slightly technical, but is a good, if brief, overvi...

Technique Similarities Between Different Instrument Families

This article mainly addresses string and piano technique, though the principles apply to ALL instruments. (And to doing anything, actually!)...

Two very different lessons

As people's personal goals vary, so do lesson assignments. Two of the lessons I delivered today illustrates this point. (1) New piano st...

Making Time to Play Music

Time, money, work, family obligations; when do I have time to play? Let’s see, well, ah… I don’t know!!! Have you ever gone through this r...