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Weird Hand Position

“Play C major for one octave with your right hand.” It seemed like a simple task that I gave my nine year old student. Up went the hand to the keyboard. With her five fingers covering the first five notes, she played her fingers consecutively from one to five. Then her hand flipped over (palm up) and she played the last three notes with the back of her fourth, third and second finger respectively. I...

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Piano Songs are Easy to Play Quickly

Did you ever stop and think about why the piano and piano songs are so popular among so many different types of people? A good answer to this is that the piano is accessible pretty much to everyone. No matter where you go these days, there is probably a piano there. How many bassoons or french horns do you run into on a daily basis? The thing is, your avarage amateur can get a decent sound on a piano...