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What is a Piano?
That may seem like a silly question but you would be surprised at how many people, even skilled piano players, have absolutely no idea what goes on inside the big wooden box or even where the design originally came from. I’d like to give you a quick thumbnail sketch...
A Great Gift: Music for Children – Part 5
If you’ve missed the first four (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) award-winning parts of this series (well, I awarded myself some Oreos for my good work if that counts) we are discussing the tremendous value of a musical education to children and how we can help our...
A Great Gift: Music for Children – Part 4
I am going to give you some tools today to help you give your child one of the best leg-ups you can in life, that is, learning to play a musical instrument. Before we start let’s take a quick look at some of the benefits we have seen so far in a musical education for...
A Great Gift – Music for Children – Part 3
I really had great aspirations. No, I really did. I was going to do all of this tedious research and give you the top five studies that have shown the dramatic, profound and even incredible impact that a musical education has on children, especially on a young child....
A Great Gift: Music for Children – Part 2
Once upon a time things were different - at least in the area of music education and music enrichment for children. Back in the day, a music education for a young person was a very serious matter and the student was expected to take it seriously. Teachers would...
Helping Kids Learn to Play Piano
Wouldn’t it be great if every child had the burning desire to play music? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your son or daughter had tenacity in practicing, wasn’t intimidated by learning a new skill, was never distracted by all of the myriad of other attractions and...
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