One of the most common rituals that beginner piano learners include in their practice is scales.

Playing scales can start as an exciting step toward playing piano independently! But all too often, and too soon, practicing scales can become stale.

At long last, I'm pleased to finally share my most requested tutorial -- a beginner-friendly version of Passacaglia!

I love this song for beginners because it uses simple patterns and repetitions that are easy to memorize and really satisfying to play! I hope you enjoy playing this song as much as I do 🥰

Over my last two years of creating social media content on learning piano, I've learned a lot about the process and benefits of creativity.

Believe it or not, these lessons are also applicable to people who are interested in being creative at their pianos!

Have you ever had an idea to try something at your piano, but you were so intimidated by the idea that you ended up "bookmarking" it for later? Maybe you tell yourself you need to prepare for it better, like building more skills first or "getting in the right head space."

I'm ready to start planning my next online workshop and I'd like the topic to be songwriting! If this sounds interesting to you, you could really help me out by providing me some feedback.

It's really common for piano learners to try to stifle or ignore any boredom they experience while studying piano. But is that a good thing to do?

When I started paying closer attention to the source of my boredom, I learned to see it as an important indicator of how aligned my actions were with my true goals.

Perfect fifths are one of the most commonly used sounds in all of music history, yet we never seem to talk about them outside of music theory. I'd like to help with that, because knowing about perfect fifths can boost your piano power in a serious way! ✨🎹✨

I often get asked how long a person should practice, but the honest truth is that I don't like giving time-based recommendations.

What's more important to me is the quality of a person's practice, and that's impossible to gauge from a time-based threshold.

Whenever I teach sight reading, I always encourage my students to analyze their music before they start to play. But that’s hard for them to do without knowing a little bit about the key they’re working in.
This usually requires us to pull out the music theory books.

But teaching music theory out of a book is very frustrating for me as a teacher for two reasons.