Category Archives for "Pedagogy"

An advanced amateur pianist, Frances Wilson runs a popular private piano teaching practice based in her home in SW London, UK. She writes

Since being introduced to the music of Friedrich Gulda at the APPC conference in July by Jovanni de Pedro, I stumbled upon another fantastic

In an attempt to keep my teaching current and to learn from what the masters did in the past and consider how this affects modern playing

The way in which many of us learnt piano and subsequently now teach our students is based very firmly on the idea that the best way to learn

If you've got holidays coming up or have some students that could do with some fresh technical work, check out these ideas. I personally

Last night at my student's mid-year recital I reminded all my students and their parents that practice, if effective and done properly, should

Practising music is something we need to learn how to do and until we do, we will probably make some mistakes. This article highlights some

All about metronome practice with students... Great article. It occurs to me that I’m occasionally guilty of telling students they need

I normally introduce chord playing for beginners in root position within the first two lessons for a new beginner. Why? Simply because

I've recently begun using the analogy of Google Earth when helping my students plan their practice. For those of you who haven't used

Most of my career has focussed on all-boys education. I believe there are many merits to single-sex schooling, especially when it comes to

Practising in rhythms is, without a doubt, my No 1 practice tip for students! Why? One simple reason: it reduces the amount of time