Best Online Piano Lessons – Piano Career https://www.pianocareer.com/ Learn How to Play Piano Today! Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:37:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 The Secret Saboteurs: Top 10 Beginner Piano Mistakes Exposed! https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/top-10-beginner-piano-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-beginner-piano-mistakes https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/top-10-beginner-piano-mistakes/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2024 04:35:59 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5686 What is a mistake? Simply put, it’s something that doesn’t work. Mistakes prevent us from reaching our goals, or mastering new skills. Paradoxically, however – mistakes are also an inseparable part of learning. We ALL make them: whether they happen accidentally or as a result of ignorance, most mistakes can teach us precious lessons. Still, […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/bach-prelude-c-major-bwv-846-piano/feed/ 2 FANTASTIC News: Our Beginner Course is Complete! Introducing the New Intermediate Course https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/beginner-intermediate-course/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginner-intermediate-course https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/beginner-intermediate-course/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:35:43 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5612 Every ending is a new beginning… I’m thrilled to let you know that our Beginner Course at PianoCareerAcademy is finally complete! Your step-by-step journey doesn’t end here, however: after completing Lesson No. 100 for Beginners, you can continue with our brand new Intermediate Course! I share everything in the video below: Our Beginner Course is […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/beginner-intermediate-course/feed/ 0 How to Play the Piano Fast: The Real Reason You Struggle with Speed Walls https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-technique/how-to-play-piano-fast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-play-piano-fast https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-technique/how-to-play-piano-fast/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:00:47 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5554 How to play the piano fast… Sadly, this is one of the most popular ‘piano searches’ on YouTube. Speed is ‘measurable’, it is easy to understand, it sounds impressive… so a lot of players equate it with ‘mastery’. Naturally, there are also plenty of speed-related videos out there – a wide range of ‘finger drills’ […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-technique/how-to-play-piano-fast/feed/ 2 How to Overcome Performance Anxiety: The No. 1 Secret https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-performance/overcome-performance-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overcome-performance-anxiety https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-performance/overcome-performance-anxiety/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:00:53 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5473 Anxiety… a paralyzing survival mechanism that seems to have outlived its usefulness. Having the ‘jitters’ before a performance is far from pleasant: the shaky hands, sweaty palms, weak knees, stomach ‘butterflies’, nausea and overall tension can create big obstacles on our piano path. The more we stress, the worse we seem to perform. And, to […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-performance/overcome-performance-anxiety/feed/ 0 Chopin – Prelude in E Minor, op. 28 No. 4. Analysis and Step-by-Step Piano Tutorial https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/chopin-prelude-op-28-no-4-analysis-piano-tutorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chopin-prelude-op-28-no-4-analysis-piano-tutorial https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/chopin-prelude-op-28-no-4-analysis-piano-tutorial/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:59:25 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5451 Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor… Its incredible beauty has become legendary – and I have never met a student who did not want to learn this iconic masterpiece. The Prelude has only 25 bars, and seems quite simple at first glance. If we dig a bit deeper, however, we can uncover an endless realm of […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/piano-practice/chopin-prelude-op-28-no-4-analysis-piano-tutorial/feed/ 0 No Piano? How to Practice Anywhere! https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/no-piano-practice-anywhere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-piano-practice-anywhere https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/no-piano-practice-anywhere/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:00:28 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5316 Should we stop practicing if we don’t have access to a piano? Absolutely not! A temporary separation from our instrument could have many causes. Some of them might be pleasant, while others – sad or even tragic: a planned vacation traveling for work relocating to a new city or country losing your possessions because of […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/no-piano-practice-anywhere/feed/ 8 Why I Sometimes ‘Stray’ from the Musical Text in My Tutorials: a Holistic Investigation https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/stray-musical-text-holistic-piano-investigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stray-musical-text-holistic-piano-investigation https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/stray-musical-text-holistic-piano-investigation/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:00:14 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5265 This tutorial was originally written for our members at PianoCareerAcademy.com. After publishing it, however, I realized that this topic is too important be be kept behind ‘closed doors’ – so I decided to share it here on my free blog as well. Make sure you read it until the end – as it was designed […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/stray-musical-text-holistic-piano-investigation/feed/ 4 The Secrets of Efficient Piano Learning. How to Transform your Playing Through Immersion https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/efficient-piano-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=efficient-piano-learning https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/efficient-piano-learning/#comments Thu, 06 May 2021 19:02:48 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=5194 What is efficient learning – and HOW do we need to learn in order to form lasting practical skills? How do we cross that line between simply knowing a lot about piano – and actually being able to play, beautifully and brilliantly? This short video will completely shift your perspective on how learning works – […]

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]]> https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/efficient-piano-learning/feed/ 4 The 7 Most Dangerous Piano Myths – Debunked! https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/7-dangerous-piano-myths-debunked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-dangerous-piano-myths-debunked https://www.pianocareer.com/holistic-piano-playing/7-dangerous-piano-myths-debunked/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2020 08:40:22 +0000 https://www.pianocareer.com/?p=4707 Important: the video can be found below the Introductory Article. Expressionless playing, speed walls, lack of coordination, clumsiness, tension, injuries and frustration… this list of common piano problems can go on and on. Most players these days blame their poor technique (or bad reading skills) for all their troubles – and keep searching for that […]

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