5-Minute Piano Lessons

Predicting the Future is Usually Dicey but I Do See the Trends

I’ve been teaching piano now full-time since October of 1987. I began as most teachers do – traveling to my students’ homes. Later, I found space to teach at a local piano dealership. A few years ago I decided to limit my practice to adult and teen-aged students. This year I’m focusing my attention to the Internet. I give you this history to convince you that I might just be able to see “the handwriting on the wall” regarding piano education. (more…)

A Comparison of Online Piano Lessons and Live Piano Teaching

2008 was a very interesting year for me. I’ve spent these last many months experimenting with methods of teaching  piano and keyboard students online. My goal was to find out if I could achieve the same level of success with online students that I enjoy with my “live” clients. This past year has also seen the enormous growth of all sorts of Internet piano teaching activities. For instance, there is “youtube” where wanna-be professional piano teachers have posted tons of videos supposedly covering every aspect of piano education. Additionally, piano teachers of all stripes have created websites to promote their “special methods” of piano and music instruction. (more…)

Learn to Recognize Piano Lessons Designed to Work for the Adult Piano Student

Over the years I’ve spoken with many other piano teachers and come to know that the vast, VAST majority of piano education is directed at children. Sure, there are a few books out there for adults and the Internet is full of “adult piano lessons.” Additionally, most every piano teacher says they teach adults. However, the majority of the teaching methodology, live and online, is still based on teaching the untutored child, that small human being who is just now learning about his culture and its music. (more…)