Piano Technique: Play Something!
Music has the power to make us march, dance, sing, remember, laugh, and cry….
Piano Technique
A rich collection of learn-by-doing lessons in Piano Technique… how to use your ears, intellect, eyes, and muscles to play the piano with natural ease and artistry…
Piano Technique: Articulations: Legato, Staccato, Portato
Lesson Goal: To appreciate the expressive potential of the three commonly used articulations: Legato, Staccato, Portato…
Piano Technique: Chunking and Continuity
Lesson Goal: To appreciate the profound significance of playing in meaningful, continuous chunks, not just strings of meaningless dots…
Piano Technique: “Inside” a Single Note
Lesson Goal: To understand the concept and musical significance of hearing the “inside” of a single note…
Piano Technique: Choreography
Developing your piano technique is never a matter of doing mechanical exercises but of discovering a choreography for the particular piece of music at hand!
Piano Technique: Minor Triad Arpeggio Fingering Charts
Minor Triad Arpeggio Fingering: Visual keyboard maps for both hands over two octaves in all keys.
Piano Technique: Major Triad Arpeggio Fingering Charts
Major Triad Arpeggio Fingering: Visual keyboard maps for both hands over two octaves in all keys…
Piano Technique: Natural Minor Scale Fingering Charts
Natural Minor Scale Fingering: Visual keyboard maps for both hands over two octaves in all keys…
Piano Technique: Major Scale Fingering Charts
Major Scale Fingering: Visual keyboard maps for both hands over two octaves in all keys…
Piano Technique: A Lesson in Legato
Lesson Goal: To understand a key insight into legato playing, one that naturally leads to mental and physical simplicity and ease…