by Doug Hanvey | May 16, 2020 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano
This is the first in a series of interviews with adult piano students. Teri returned to piano lessons in her retirement with the intention of learning to play jazz. What’s …Share...
by Doug Hanvey | November 16, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano
Learn by Sight and by Ear Reading music is a vital skill, possessed by nearly all professional pianists. There is more music written for the piano than any other instrument. …Share...
by Doug Hanvey | July 20, 2019 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano
If piano teaching were really as traditional as many contemporary teachers imagine, then, like keyboard students in the 18th and 19th centuries, today’s students would more often be required to …Share...
by Doug Hanvey | July 14, 2018 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano
I am seeking teachers interested in using The Creative Keyboardist Adult Piano Method with their students in order to obtain additional feedback as I ready it for publication. The method …Share...
by Doug Hanvey | May 19, 2018 | Learning, Practicing & Playing Piano
The Minor Mode A mode is a scale with characteristic qualities. There are two principal modes in Western classical and popular music: major and minor. Words such as dark or…Share...