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How to Read Sheet Music

If you’re still wondering “how do we read music?”, read on to learn some tips and tricks to learn how do you read piano sheet music for beginners and experienced piano players alike. You’ll learn some tricks and tips for what is the easiest way to learn to read sheet music. We’ll demystify how to read treble clef and how to read bass clef, learn how to strengthen your music reading skills and what is the fastest way to learn to read music. Learn all of the basics for how to read sheet music or download this handy guide to decoding all of the musical symbols. The Music Matrix is basically a clif notes for piano and musical glossary all rolled into one. Learn how to read music now!

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How to play Jingle Bells on Piano

Learning how to play “Jingle Bells” on piano feels like some sort of right of passage. I mean, if you don’t know how to play “Jingle Bells” on piano, do you even know how to play piano? Just kidding, of course you do. But if you still don’t know how to play “Jingle Bells” on piano…

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Best Gifts for Music Lovers

Here’s my holiday compilation of the best gifts for music lovers and musicians. To align with my personal values, this collection features small businesses when possible and celebrates businesses operated by people often underrepresented in these gift guide collections.

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How to Play Happy Birthday on Piano

How to learn to play “Happy Birthday” on piano for free- for all levels of experience! Plus the answer to the age old question… why is “Happy Birthday” so hard to play on piano?? Let alone why is “Happy Birthday” so hard to sing!

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How Do I start Playing Piano Again after a Break

It’s okay to take time away from the piano! If it happened, you probably needed it. Give yourself grace. Forgive yourself. In fact: you should thank yourself for resting when you needed it. Once you’ve given your inner self a little hug, and you start to crave playing piano again, or at least feel a little nudge back to music, here are some ways to get yourself back on track to playing piano again after taking a break.

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Unpopular Opinion: It’s Easier to Learn Piano As an Adult

Can you learn piano as an adult? Yes, you can learn piano as an adult. In fact, it may even be easier to learn piano as an adult because you have the interest and skills developed as an adult. Is it difficult to learn piano as an adult? Maybe. Can you be too old to learn piano? Never!

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Can You Learn Piano without a Piano?

Can you learn piano if you don’t have one? You can learn how to play piano without a piano using mental practice, mobile piano apps, and keyboard alternatives as you are starting out.

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Being Guided by Dreams

The dreaming state of planning a project is often overlooked. A big dream can last a lifetime, or at least last for a longer stretch of time and help keep you committed and sustained in your personal piano practice.

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Active Listening as a part of a Creative Practice

Music is a language and just as we practice reading and writing listening and speaking in music we also need to be practicing active and intentional listening and learning the language of the different styles that we are practicing

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Learn Blues Piano Styles

Learn blues piano, from the old stories to the new styles, learn blues piano for beginners in this guide. the sound of metal on metal.

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Can you teach yourself piano? The best way to learn piano at home.

This is a guide packed full of tips for folks trying to figure out how to get better at piano without lessons, and for you if you want to teach yourself piano. I hope that by the end of this piece, you will have chosen the best way to learn piano at home for you.

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