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,...

Recently I shared what I do during a first lesson. -playing and naming all of the keys on the piano. And, introducing major and minor...

Have you seen the first two videos? If not you can check them out here: Video 1 of 3 and Video 2 of 3. In Video 1 you learn the names of...

After learning the names of all of the keys, or at least knowing how to figure them out you are ready for the 2nd part of the first...

What does a first piano lesson look like? What are the expectations? What should a student be able to remember at the end? What are they...

Just received your set of 2 hand comping chords and you aren't sure how to get started? This video will show you how the cards work and...

The more things change. . . The Bach Prelude in C major from the first of the two books of the Well Tempered Clavier is one of those...