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

Sep 33 min

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...

Aug 221 min

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....

Jan 222 min

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...

Nov 14, 20235 min

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...