Are you learning or teaching the piano and want to know a secret?! Then this quote is definitely for you! Have I a secret about playing the piano? It’s a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make myself comfortable – and I always make sure that the lid over the…
Teach the student first, the music second and the piano third Frances Clark At first glance you might look at this quote and think, ‘hang on, my job is to teach the piano, so why is it not top of the list?!’. But actually it highlights the importance of thinking about the individual when teaching….
Many years ago I taught a new learner who was what you might call a ‘reluctant sight-reader’. They pretty much guessed the notes, hitting a piano key and hoping it was correct rather than working it out properly. Frustrating, right? I found that if I corrected them as they were playing, this made it worse….
