There are MANY things we teach by rote when we give a piano lesson: technique, expression, posture. Does Rote Teaching Work? Read on and find out.
Like many teachers around the world I have run the 40 piece challenge. This year I came up with a bit of a twist. Read more about it here.
Find out how this piano teacher found new ways to getting her students spot the difference with their ears instead of their eyes.
See why mental preparation is just as important as physical practice, and how training won’t get you all the way without focus and determination.
Learn how this new-found excitement caused me to say yes to a recital, and the given music was Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata in A major.
Check out what are the discoveries that I made about the way I approach practice versus the way I assume my students will approach practice.
Have a closer look at Avi Cytrynowski’s insights about performing, and the truth about what she is preaching and what she is practising .
Learn why pieces improve with performance more quickly than they do with practice only and why this needs to happen not only once but thrice.
Focus does not mean staring hard at something, and it only becomes more difficult when we try to force it. Natural focus occurs when the mind is interested in what we are doing. Here are a few ways to help keep our mind focused when we perform
If you’ve ever had the privilege of watching a good sight reader play with ease from a tricky score, it is awe-inspiring. This blog post is about five general things that good sight-readers do. All good sight readers do these things: scan, edit, guess, predict and fudge.