I cannot think of a more honest and inspiring way to begin a study and practice session than with a meditation on gratitude…
piano practice tips
If I could give just one piece of advice to all piano students, it would be this…
When learning a new piece of music, it often a good idea to study-practice hands separately…
It is often extremely beneficial to study each hand separately before bringing them together…
We humans are extremely visual creatures. In fact, an enormous amount of our brain power is dedicated to processing visual information…
Do you feel that you really know the music or are you just playing by some loosely-learned habit?
Possibly the worst (and most common) habit of all is to mindlessly go back to the beginning of a piece when you make a mistake…
It may sound so obvious that it should go without saying, but…
Preparation for performance is not about brute force “memorization” of unrelated dots on a page…
Every growing musician should be doing two things simultaneously…