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Your first piano

How to Choose Your Child’s First Piano or Keyboard

Buying your first piano or keyboard? It can be a difficult choice, you don’t want something that you or your child are going to outgrow in a few months. But you might not want to invest too much is the beginning if you aren’t sure how long you or your child will stick with the…

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Parents guide to piano practice

A Parent’s Guide to Piano Practise

Even parents who never learnt piano themselves can help their children practise. One of the biggest ways a parent can help is by establishing a practise routine, right from the start. < Most children need reminders to practise, and help following the teacher’s instructions. Follow the guidelines below and your child will make great progress…

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Effective piano practice

Effective Piano Practice with Clear Sections

Phase 1 – Section by section practice One section can be anything from 1 bar to 4 bars, but always include the first note of the next bar, this way your sections will overlap and when you put it all back together it will flow seamlessly. The way you split your piece up into sections is…

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Nicola Cantan is a piano teacher, author, blogger and creator of imaginative and engaging teaching resources. She loves getting piano students learning through laughter, and helping teachers to teach through games and off-bench activities, so that their students giggle their way through music theory and make faster progress.

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