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Let's talk metronomes! What are they? Are they important? Why are they so annoying? First, definition: a device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick(Oxford...
Let's talk metronomes! What are they? Are they important? Why are they so annoying? First, definition: a device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick(Oxford...
I recently had a discussion with one of my students about how to fit practicing into their busy schedule. The truth is that any adult who has ever taken piano lessons - or any parent of a child who...
One of the most effective tools a pianist can learn is the ability to sight-read. This is the skill that every piano student aspires to. The ability to simply look at a piece of music and just know...
If you have played the piano (or really any instrument) for very long at all, you have seen those tiny little numbers written above or below a note indicating which finger should be used to play that...
Ok, so, you've signed up for music lessons. You've met with your teacher. The teacher has given you a list of items to practice. With great excitement, you sit down at your piano, your books at the...