

The Battle of the Boards
Keyboards, that is. Or more specifically, keyboards versus acoustic pianos. "What should I buy when I take piano lessons?" I have been...


Your Thumb Is NOT a Thumb!
It is a FINGER! And pianists must learn to use it that way! As a college student, I had to unlearn years of bad habits in using my thumb....


Playing by ear or by test?
Over my thirty years of teaching, I have had parents approach me and say, usually with pride, "my child plays by ear." When the child...