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Four Essential Practicing Strategies for Piano Students

by Doug Hanvey | November 16, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano

Learn by Sight and by Ear Reading music is a vital skill, possessed by nearly all professional pianists. There is more music written for the piano than any other instrument. …Share...

The Best Free and Low Cost Applications and Web Tools for Piano Teachers and Students

by Doug Hanvey | September 14, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano

With technology news lately being dominated by topics such as privacy issues (Facebook) and treatment of workers (Amazon), it becomes easier to dismiss the value that computers and the internet …Share...

How to Harmonize a Melody – Harmonic Function

by Doug Hanvey | July 20, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano

If piano teaching were really as traditional as many contemporary teachers imagine, then, like keyboard students in the 18th and 19th centuries, today’s students would more often be required to …Share...

Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians (Book Review)

by Doug Hanvey | May 18, 2019 | Teaching Piano

There is no shortage of good books for piano teachers to assimilate and integrate into their teaching routine. Yet, at least in my opinion, only a few (thankfully) are truly …Share...

17 Success Strategies for Adult Piano Students

by Doug Hanvey | March 2, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano

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