Hey friends! It’s been a long time since we’ve done a piano tutorial, so I thought I’d share one that I’ve taught plenty of times: Lost Woods from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is a great piece to learn: Fast-paced BTTT chords A variety of simple root-position and non-root-position chords How to…

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Hey friends! It’s been a while since I sat down and chatted with you about piano player problems and challenges that adult learners in particular tend to face. Today I want to talk about the very common problem of practicing without feeling like you’re making any progress at all. Here are four reasons you might…

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Hey friends! This announcement has been a long time coming. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been steadily working toward recording a new album – getting all the prep work done (marketing plans, grant applications, hiring the team). And now we’re nearly at the fun part: recording! Here’s a video I just published about…

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The “Design Your Own Piano Path” Course is Now OPEN! Hey all! Today I’d like to tell you about a brand-new course I’ve created, called “Design Your Own Piano Path”. It’s been in development for a year (and incubating years before that), and I’m so pleased to finally be able to share it with you.…

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Hey all! Have you signed up for my free webinar “Six Steps to Designing Your Own Piano Path” yet? If not, hop on the bandwagon and join us for a live, fun and educational experience! The webinar will be on Saturday, February 22nd at 3pm EST. Looking forward to seeing you there! I’ve taught students…

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Hey everyone! Hope you’ve been enjoying the 14-day challenge so far. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out the recent YouTube lives, watch this video and sign up for the challenge on this page! There’s still plenty of time to participate. 😊 Today we’re going to talk about a subject near and…

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Hey everyone – long time no see! After an extended holiday break, I’m ready to get back into action and kick off a 14-day challenge that everyone with a keyboard can participate in. I’ll also keep you posted with some announcements shortly – there’s some fun stuff happening this month. It hasn’t truly been a…

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In today’s edition of “The Hardest Piano Music Ever”, we’re going to take a look at Claude Debussy. Three of Debussy’s pieces make the “hardest ever” ranking, classified as a Henle Level 9 (the highest level there is). This is interesting to me, since Debussy’s music in general is for advanced players (he has virtually…

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In the last video, we discussed: How to find the melody line How to read the chord symbols How to use the given chord symbols while following the bassline idea Definitely check it out if you haven’t already, because today’s video is going to build on the same ideas. This week, well be looking at…

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