My Top Tips and Advice for Improving Piano Technique and Performance, acquired over years of giving piano lessons.

Effective Techniques for Mastering Scale Practice

Playing scales is one of the most fundamental skills that we, as pianist, must develop. Yet a complete, unadulterated scale will hardly...

Mastering Piano Scales: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice

Learning to play the piano involves more than just pressing keys - it's about mastering the nuances of each note, scale, and melody. One...

Congratulations to Victoria on a brilliant Distinction at grade 1 piano

This post is a congratulations to my student, Victoria, on her first rate distinction in her grade 1 piano. She attained excellent marks....

Exploring Piano Methodologies: An Alternative to Piano Adventures

I wrote an essay detailing why I believe, on the one hand, that Piano Adventures and similar modern pedagogies are not conducive in...

What should you expect when you begin piano lessons as an adult? Tips for beginner pianists.

Starting private piano lessons for the first time can be daunting. You don't know the teacher; this will, most likely, be someone you...

Are Finger Exercises Worth It? A Brief Defence of the Value of Hanon in Piano Studies.

The value of finger exercises for students of the piano, such as C-L. Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises, has been greatly...

Why is Sight-reading Important and how can we improve?

When we begin learning a musical instrument for the first time, we have to overcome the initial difficulty of reading music. All tyro...