PA Shorts: Chord Functions & Floor Plans
While happily catching up on podcasts during my commute, something literally gave me goose bumps. I couldn’t wait to get back to my computer and share. So, here goes. That something happened during…
Piano Maker’s Corner: Buying, Selling, & Reconditioning
Today, Daniel Ley talks about the monetary vs. intrinsic value of a piano and makes a funny on pins. There are many things that factor into a pianos value. Some are…
Lapbook Project For High Schoolers
Last semester I asked my high schoolers who study at the college to create a lapbook detailing one of their performance pieces. Some had no idea what a lapbook was.…
Artist Portrait: Ariel Lanyi
Pianist Ariel Lanyi may be young but he is already making his mark on the world through his concerts and recordings. He also studies and grows constantly through lessons and…
SuiteLinks: December 28
In this SuiteLinks: Cowboy pianist, Dinnerstien at the Met, How to hack your piano, Teen shares music through Make a Wish, Afro-Cuban-Jazz fusion, Piano in Yosemite, 2014 memoriam, and more!…
PA Shorts: Fortune Cookie Advice
Happy, happy Holidays to all you piano addicts and many, many thanks to each of you for reading and supporting the blog. On our recent trip to Las Vegas, we went…
PA Shorts: More Onehandedness
A while back I posted a list of resources for LH alone repertoire. Then, another student broke her LH and I started searching for RH alone music. This was much…
Pedal To The Metal
Ped. Signs Remember the old Bugs and Daffy cartoons where Bugs repeatedly tricks Daffy into saying “Shoot me now, shoot me now” and finally when Daffy realizes the trick he responds,…