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Practice Tip For Everyone: Last Chord First

Practice Tips

I’m hearing the words from the Sound of Music in my head: “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…” The beginning is a good place to start, but the end is a better place to start! 🙂 A common issue I encounter with advancing piano students is that they always start at the beginning of…
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Opus 13.1

Thinking About Music

As a kid, I was never athletic.  I couldn’t throw, catch or run, so I stuck with playing the piano.  🙂 However, after college, I started going to the gym a little bit, and soon, I was hooked on some classes and cardio machines.  I had always wanted to get into running.  It seemed like a easy way to be…
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GPS: A Tour

Assignment Books/Practice Incentives

Continuing my tour of assignment books, here’s a peak inside of my GPS (Great Practice System) assignment book and practice incentive program. My friend Meghan Grayless, who drew Captain Crescendo, also designed most of the components of this assignment book. When you open it up, you see a page of instructions and a clever map.  The road on the map…
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Piano Basics: The Keyboard

For Parents· Learn Piano· Piano For Adults· Practice Tips

This series of Piano Basics is intended for parents to help their beginning piano students practice.  For parents who do not have know background in music, these posts will help you understand what your child is working on at the piano.  Check out all of the posts in this series to learn the basics. For someone who doesn’t play the…
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