Summer Piano Lessons While it may seem intuitive to take a break in piano lessons for the summer, to match the school term, I encourage students to continue their lessons through the summer. Simply put, piano is one of those skills that require consistent work to be maintained. For example, while you may not completely forget how …
Are you thinking about learning how to play the piano? This series will give you an introduction of how the piano works, and what the piano can do. Piano Basics: On a full sized piano, there are 88 keys. Each key plays a unique note. When we play the keys going to the right, the …
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As the June EN Music Studio Recital quickly creeps up, nervous students have come to talk to me about their fear of performing and playing the piano in front of an audience. Why is it so important for students to have a chance to perform? I used to feel this very same way about performing, …
When we are first learning to play the piano, it is very common for students to learn the music hand separately. This means the student will first play the right hand part, then the left hand part. The next stage is then putting the hands together. Why do we do this? Is this the best …
During piano lessons at EN Music Studio, I often incorporate composition/notation exercises for my students. While playing the piano is the skill of interpreting the music, composition is the skill of creating the music. Playing the piano can be compared to reading a story, while composing can be compared to writing the story. Just like …
