Post Category: Piano Lessons

Piano Improvisation: The Ostinato

Practicing technique at the piano is often boring and requires a lot of scale running and Hanon playing. Over the years, I teach less and less rote technical work and spend more time teaching people...

Piano Improvisation like Erik Satie

This is the fourth video in a new series called “Quickies” – short, info-packed tutorials designed to give you great information you can use TODAY. In this tutorial, I show you how...

5 tips to help you choose the perfect digital piano

As a performing pianist and piano teacher, I am frequently asked by about getting an instrument to practice on. Here are my 5 tips to help you choose the perfect digital piano. A Real Piano...

Why faking is the answer to all your piano woes

The art of faking on the pianois all about approximating an accompaniment part. We do this by using our knowledge of the harmony and we use rhythms to estimate the basic gist of the piano part. There...

How to Sing and Play Piano with One Note

I’m frequently asked ‘What’s the easiest way to get started playing piano?’ Well, I have a great little quick tutorial here that will get you started playing piano lickety-split! This tutorial...

Which Piano Skills for Singers course is right for me?

Now that there are FOUR courses live at Piano Skills for Singers, I have been getting a lot of questions about which course to choose. This quick little list should help you get started choosing the...