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Your Guide to Buying a Used Piano

Buying A Piano· For Parents· Learn Piano· Love Piano

I often work with my students’ families to help them find the right piano for their home. The first big question is digital or acoustic. You can read all about the pros and cons of each option in this post. If a student is more interested in an acoustic piano, there’s usually quite a bit of sticker shock when they…
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PSA: Your Piano Teacher Wants You To Slow Down

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

I recently wrote about how to play the piano faster, but today, let’s focus on the opposite extreme – playing slowly. Spoiler: In the post about playing faster, it says you have to practice slowly in order to play faster! Slow practice is so, so, so important for pianists. I’ve actually written about it before, but it’s such an important…
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6 Reasons Your Piano Progress Seems Stuck

For Parents· Learn Piano· Love Piano· Piano For Adults

Are you stuck in a rut with your piano playing? Does it feel like your progress has slowed or plateaued when you really want to be playing harder or more complex music? Or maybe your playing just sounds clunky, despite all the effort you’ve put into practicing. In the early stages, it’s usually pretty easy to see immediate progress at…
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Piano Speed: Learn How To Play Faster

Learn Piano· Love Piano· Piano For Adults· Practice Tips

Many of my students want to play really fast, showy pieces of music. That really flashy, virtuosic sound at the piano is really appealing and I can see why many students are striving to reach it. However, the very top mistake that I see students of all ages making over and over again is playing too fast. I think a…
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How To Improve Your Rhythm At The Piano

Learn Piano· Love Piano· Piano Basics· Piano For Adults· Practice Tips

Rhythm is one of the most foundational elements of music. If you think about it, rhythm is how music moves consistently through time. There’s a lot going on at the piano and it can be really tricky to coordinate getting all of the right notes at just the right time. For me, playing correct rhythms has always been more difficult…
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