piano-lessons – Piano Lessons for Adults

Piano Technique List

A listing of piano technical exercises that help a student learn proper piano technique.

It took me a long time to recognize the value of using quotes with my students when teaching the piano. I’m not good at remembering quotes and used to feel that people who used a lot of quotes were really just trying to be pretentious. However, after having lessons with teachers who valued and usedContinue reading “Useful Piano Teaching Quotes”

Teaching Scales

I teach all my adult students scales quite early in their lessons (or make sure they know their scales well already) because I believe listening and understanding the structure of scales are one of the most foundational building blocks of understanding western music. I typically teach chord and arpeggio construction based on scales and useContinue reading “Teaching Scales”