What Is The Best Age To Begin Teaching A Child Piano?
La Leçon De Piano (The Piano Lesson) By Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837) Musical training during a very young age can be strikingly rewarding. In fact, most babies who are frequently exposed to perfectly tuned piano sounds and music have a tendency to aut

Ragtime Sheet Music
Ragtime is an incredibly upbeat, jazzed-up, feel-good musical genre that was most popular between 1897 and 1918. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of several American cities lie St. Louis and New Orleans, even years before ragtime music was published as popular piano sheet music. Known as the “King of Rag,” Scott Joplin became famous after his publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899. Maple Leaf Rag was a heavy influence on subsequent ragtime composers and their publications for years and years afterward because of the piece’s melody and harmonic progressions. Here is my very own interpretation of Scott Joplin’

Are You A Nervous Piano Player?
Develop A Secure Mental Play For Performances Do you get nervous when you find yourself in a room full of anxious relatives, friends, or complete strangers staring at your, eagerly waiting for you to blow them away with your amazing piano skills? Believe me, I’ve been there. After more than a decade of participating in music festivals, competitions, an

The Art And Physics Of Mastering The “Trill”
The Trill If you are an intermediate to advanced piano player, it’s very likely that you’ve come across the trill in your compositions. Generally, a trill is shown in modern musical notation with the letters “tr” above the trilled note, and a wavy line that proceeds. In musical pieces composed during the baroque and early classical eras, the wavy line on its own is used.

A Few Tips For Getting Up To Speed With Fast Pieces
You Don't Need To Break The Keys To Get Up To Speed... Yesterday, I touched on the topic of practicing by breaking down difficult passages into small segments. When you break it down this way, you can maximize practice time and bring your playing up to speed in practically no time. But how should you know exactly what speed to start at and progress toward? Like everything else, it