Internalize Tricky Rhythms with a Tapping App
The Rhythm Lab iPad app helps piano students learn challenging rhythms, offering a practice tool to focus on the timing of notes without the actual melody.
View ArticleFitting Serious Practice Time into a Busy Life
Get piano practice tips from an award-winning amateur pianist who balances a full-time business career with high-level performances, including concertos.
View ArticleBreaking the Rules in Adult Music Lessons
A flutist learns some fingering shortcuts from her teacher that make it easier to play certain notes, and finds out that other rules of music can be broken.
View ArticleStop Wasting Time at the Piano
How do you make yourself get real work done during piano practice sessions? The Music Journal app helps with time tracking, goal setting, and motivation.
View ArticleBest Piano Apps for Adult Students
In-depth research and testing found these piano apps to be the most helpful for amateur pianists and adult piano students to add to their practice routines.
View ArticleTendonitis Courtesy of Mozart…Not Tennis
When an adult piano student gets tendonitis from practicing Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca, her injury leads to a lesson in piano technique: using the whole arm.
View ArticlePower Poses for Piano Practice
Learn how to use power poses, posture, and other bodily strategies to take on the challenges of piano practice, through applying principles from Amy Cuddy.
View ArticleDevelop a Seeing Hand at the Piano
Train yourself to sight-read fluently, without looking down at your hands or the keyboard, using these examples from piano repertoire at different levels.
View ArticleHow Flow Enhances Piano Practice
The author of The Positive Pianist explores the idea of flow, or how finding a state of peak joy and concentration helps us get more out of piano practice.
View ArticleDecode Fast Music with This App
The Amazing Slow Downer app lets you change the tempo or pitch of any piano recording, opening up a host of creative solutions for practicing and listening.
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