Best Online Piano Lessons for Free
If you are interested in piano, why not try something free first just to see how you like it? That’s exactly what I did. I went and tried out all of these options before writing this post. This is what I learned from trying out all of these programs! There...
Learn How To Play I Need Thee Every Hour on the Piano
If I were to ask my students (or the parents of my students) why they want to learn piano, by far the most common answer is because they want to learn how to play hymns. Being a very religious person myself, I have been playing hymns for as long as I can remember. I...
A List of Piano Skills
With years of teaching the piano and many more years playing the piano, I have accumulated a list of piano skills. If you play the piano you will either learn, or be able to: Piano Skills Primer (Level pre-1) Beginner (Levels 1-2) Late Beginner (Level 3)...
How to Improve Your Piano Skills
You may be ready to take your piano to the next level and you want some ways to level up. Being an experienced piano player and a piano teacher for many, many years, I may have some advice for you or some things you may not have thought of before. See how you can...
What does 8va and 8vb mean in music?
You may have come across a symbol, 8va or 8vb, in your music and you aren’t quite sure what it wants you to do. 8va or 8vb is actually a symbol used quite often because it is quite useful! So what does an 8va or 8vb mean in music? An 8va is a musical symbol...
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I’m Tel, piano teacher, piano blogger, and piano student. This resource is for you to get inspired with the best ideas for learning and teaching piano!