How should I practice? What piece should I learn next? How do I prepare for a recital? How do I help my student who is having trouble with X, Y, and Z? Questions often come up about how to best learn to play the piano that seem to have different answers depending on who youRead More
Category: Teaching
Rules for Piano Teachers, Part I
Some of these rules might surprise you, maybe. I’m not really sure. But they come out from my 30 years of experience teaching people how to play piano. The first rule should probably be “don’t listen to someone just because they say they have 30 years of experience.” Rule #1: Encourage your students to disobeyRead More