Today you’re going to learn how to cut your piano practice time in half and double your results using accelerated learning techniques. We’re going to go through how to work smarter, not harder, and get more from each minute of your piano practice time. Also, I’m going to discuss the crazy thing I learned from accidentally recording my piano practice session. The results from this absolutely shocked me and I’ll… continue reading
What separates good piano players from GREAT piano players? After working with more than 100 students I’ve learned what makes certain piano players standout. I’ve seen how some piano players slowly progress over time while others seem to have their piano skills ramp up and develop MUCH faster. Today I’m sharing those insights with you. The Two Things That Separate Good from GREAT Piano Players Becoming a great piano player… continue reading
Today I want to talk to you about what I consider the best sight reading software on the market – Sight Reading Factory. I WISH this had been around when I was first learning piano. This is the first software I found that systematizes sight reading, making it much faster to learn. In this blog post I’m going to tell you about a sight reading workout plan to systematically go… continue reading
This is not your grandma’s version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb!” Today I’m going to teach you how to play a COOL version of the song. If you’re a beginner and it LOOKS challenging, just know that it’s actually much easier than it seems. I’ll show you EXACTLY how to practice this updated version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” but it only works if you follow along step-by-step.… continue reading
Today I’m going to teach you exactly how to play “Don’t Stop Believin.’” More importantly, I’m going to teach you how to get it hands together and the progression you want to go through because it’s a much more detailed progression than most people think. You can use this same progression to get any song hands together. Before we get started, I want to make one thing clear – this… continue reading
Piano performance anxiety is completely normal, I even continued to have it years after my first performance, but it can be minimized with the right preparation. In this blog post you’re going to learn about a 7 day step-by-step plan that includes my five “gauntlet exercises” you can use to reduce performance anxiety. One thing I realized as I had more and more piano performances is that there is a… continue reading
Have you ever wondered if you’re making the most of the time you spend learning piano? If you’re efficiently practicing piano so you can make more progress in less time? I never really thought about this before until one day when I accidentally recorded myself during a practice session. Seriously, I happened to be recording one day while I was practicing, but to my surprise, it turned out to be… continue reading
Hey it’s Zach again… Wanted to tell you a story about my friend Donnie. It doesn’t seem like it relates to piano but actually… It does. Just not in the way you’d think it would… Donnie is… let’s just say… Huge. As in muscle huge. Six pack. Biceps. He looks like a friggin’ G I Joe action figure. If I didn’t know him better I’d say he was taking steroids.… continue reading
I feel dumb. Why? It took me sooo long to notice this ridiculously obvious thing… It’s right in front of your face, but you may not have noticed it. And it leads to the “Over-Under Technique” – Probably the second most important technique to all your playing… Anyway. So I had trouble for a long time with my pinkie (as a lot of people do). It always seemed so weak.… continue reading
Technique is HUGE. I honestly think it is the most important thing to develop as a piano beginner. If you have good beginners piano technique, the rest (expressiveness, sight-reading, ext.) will follow. And it’ll lead to the more advanced techniques like playing crazy fast arpeggios ;). Before I go into detail about the 5 finger technique, I want to talk about a mental shift, a different way of thinking, that… continue reading
