I think pianists are privileged. As a soloist, a pianist can play unaccompanied for hours, in front of a crowd or at home, with a full...

When I think of the blues scale, I think of a handful of crayons. Or, a handful of pitches. The blues scale uses half, or 6 of the 12...

The major scale is a series of whole and half steps based on the white key pattern between C and C. Pictures and videos speak better than...

Earlier this week I was having a conversation about what you need to know before teaching something. For example, if you saw: Cream...

Once you have mastered the swing eight pattern, how about learning riffs. In this case, a riff is a short melody that gets played over a...

I was about to do a video on riffs- short melodic phrases that can be played over a 12 bar blues form, but to sound great, the swing...

So you're at the piano and have figured out how to play a basic blues pattern with the left had, and you can play shell voicings with the...

If you have been following along with the "I'm at the piano, now what?!" series, you may have wondered if the right hand ever plays...

This is the 3rd left hand blues video in the series. If you haven't mastered the first two, I'd suggest that you go back a step or two....

Have you been working on the Blues? This is video 2 of the "I'm at the piano, now what?" Blues Edition. You continue to practice moving...

Learning to play the blues is empowering for pianists. It's the gateway into jazz, improvisation, playing with others, playing alone...

Last week I was teaching a lesson to an adult student in Australia. She and I have been friends for ages, and we were laughing about an...

Now you are starting to get used to counting and playing at the same time, it's time to up your game a tiny bit. This video demonstrates...

I teach adults. They are doing amazing things in their lessons, but when they get home, they get to the piano and they think they don't...

If 8 rhythms is too much and your students are getting confused, start with 3. Playing perfect 5ths in all keys is something all of my...

As I am becoming more and more of a collaborative musician, I am finding myself in the world of foreigners. Like clarinetists,...

(scroll down for free download) Key Finder Cards are great, but, they aren't enough. When it comes to learning how to play the piano,...

How do you teach rhythm to novices? Beginning piano lessons, piano lessons for beginners. There is so much to cover, not enough time, and...

Playing chords all over the piano, maybe (or not) all at once. This is a 5 part video series explaining how to use the Triad and...

Recently I was reading something that Seth Godin had written about finding "people like us" and the smallest viable market. Obviously,...