There are many challenges in life and as you transition from childhood to adulthood, those challenges can increase exponentially. This is true even from birth, where we learn to eat and communicate without words, then crawl, walk, use real words and comprehend their meaning and … [Read more...]

Technology has been advancing at a rapid rate for quite some time now. Those advances come with both benefits and trappings. How does this apply to music and/or music lessons? And more specifically how does this apply to piano lessons? Let’s discuss. If you’re interested in … [Read more...]

We’ve all heard the old anecdote that faultily says “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I say it’s faulty for several reasons: The word “can’t” just doesn’t apply to music as I have experienced it. Your age does not necessarily make you “old.” The fact that you … [Read more...]

Poetry is an art that transcends analyzable structure, but the things we learn about in school, such as the number of syllables in a haiku, or iambic pentameter in Shakespeare, give greater insight into how the poetry is constructed. Music theory does something similar for music. … [Read more...]

You’ve read about them.  You’ve seen them and heard them being played.  How is it done? Some players play chords like magic.  Do I just play every other note on the white keys?  Or is it a combination of black and white keys? Once I learn one chord, how can I use it in a chord … [Read more...]