We can do hard things.Sometimes I hear my students say “I can’t” – or various variations of it, like “I’m confused”, “I don’t wanna”, or simply “no!”. I ask myself, why? They’re afraid to try and, fail. Often we all are worried of making mistakes, because we focus too much on the immediate outcomes, or… Continue reading We Can Do Hard Things
During my early years of piano teaching, I spent a lot of time on learning about piano playing and music aspects: piano technique, piano performance, music theory and analysis, music history – all the technical aspects of piano performance. Little did I know that, in order to learn how to teach better, I needed to… Continue reading Positive Encouragement
Sometimes we become impatient when it seems like we are not getting any progress in our piano journey. And it is completely normal to feel that way, especially when we feel we are putting a lot of effort trying to be better at the piano. With my many years’ experience of piano playing, performing and… Continue reading Patience and Persistence
In the last post, I wrote about the basics of planning for successful piano practice at home. Today in this post, I want to dive deeper into the planning of a piano practice session. Obviously, everyone has one same goal when it comes to practice: to be better at the piano. But at the same… Continue reading How to Plan for Successful Piano Practice (2)
There are a lot of questions and concerns about piano practice – indeed, piano lessons are only half of the battle so to speak. Without regular practice, progress is minimal. This post is not only for parents but also adult students. First thing I always stress is to set up a regular piano practice schedule… Continue reading How to Plan for Successful Piano Practice (1)
I sure hope everyone is enjoying my piano lessons and all the activities we’ve done so far. It’s been my privilege to get to know everyone of you and get connected. My goal is to bring this wonderful gift of piano/music into your lives, and that such gift would grow and flourish in your heart, to accompany you in this beautiful music journey of yours.
Many might wonder, why do anyone want to spend time on taking piano lessons, when one can simply enjoy music without learning to play a musical instrument? Or just go to watch some YouTube videos and learn to play piano from them? I understand technology has advanced drastically these days (or years!), and even I… Continue reading Piano Is For The Soul
I have decided to resume to my daily practice at the piano again. I must admit, I have not been doing my practice as regularly as I have wanted to: a lot of teaching (which I enjoy a lot), and other work. But lately, I have been giving some thoughts on my teaching, and one… Continue reading Lessons, Practice & Persistence
There were times I was taught with the most traditional way of piano teaching and learning. It seemed that there was only one right way to play well at the piano. Time passes and time has changed. Over the years, I have learnt to play and teach differently, and I believe for the better. Music… Continue reading The Joy of Piano Creativity
I love playing the piano, and teaching people how to play piano. Whether they are beginners, young or adult, or advanced players, performers or teachers, there is joy in our encounters: our lessons, our conversations, sharing our love and passion at the piano, having fun and tackling problems. Playing the piano (or teaching it) is… Continue reading The Joy of Piano Teaching
