5-Minute Piano Lessons

A Further “Cure” for this Common Problem of Adult Piano Students

Every adult piano student knows that nervousness during the piano lesson leads to a lack of enjoyment for lessons. I’d even wager that many pianists reading this little essay are here looking into online adult piano lessons because “live lessons” with a piano teacher is just scarier than they can stand. Allow me to present another in my series of possible “cures” for the nervousness so many student feel before, during, and after their piano lessons. (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…)