Motivation That Lasts Beyond Piano Examinations

Video Link (To be posted here shortly), if you prefer to get this post on YouTube. Success is the biggest motivator for young piano students. And the post- performance or post-piano-examination high can keep them at the piano daily for weeks after. And yet, this doesn’t often happen. Because there are a couple of thingsContinue reading “Motivation That Lasts Beyond Piano Examinations”

What Piano Practise Is

Piano practise is an exploration of some work, or a section of that work, using a method or technique of exploration that is taught during piano lessons, to achieve a specific goal. Here’s a short reminder of what piano practise is Correctly shaped hands. Different from playing a piece. Repetition. Good posture. Short slots withContinue reading “What Piano Practise Is”

Teaching my first Skype piano class

I first tried online piano teaching in 2016, when I stopped teaching in Bandra and started teaching full time in Kharghar Navi Mumbai. My student, a 9 year old boy, wasn’t yet ready to move on to a new piano teacher and needed to continue lessons with me until he was. He therefore decided toContinue reading “Teaching my first Skype piano class”