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Jack Mitchell Smith
3 days ago8 min read
D is for … Discipline: Why Your Piano Playing Feels Disjointed
Help your piano playing by learning how to incorporate discipline into your practice sessions, making you an all round better musician!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Jan 617 min read
A Post Christmas Refresher of All Things Piano: Kickstart Your Learning Back into 2025
We've had a great Christmas and New Year, but don't forget the piano! Read this blog to refresh your learning.
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Nov 30, 20244 min read
Reflecting on Piano Practice and Progress in 2024
Get ahead of the post Christmas guilt and take steps to help your progress in your piano practice and we reflect on 2024 and look ahead!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Nov 23, 20247 min read
Five Tips for More Comfortable Hands in Piano Playing
If your hands don't feel comfortable when playing piano, have a read through this blog for some tips to help you develop more fluid playing.
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Nov 16, 20245 min read
Balancing Act: How to Prioritise and Identify What Requires Practice on Piano
When it comes time to your piano practice, why not vary it up a bit with a couple of the tips from this blog...
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Nov 9, 20246 min read
Handy Tips: Getting Your Hand into a Comfortable Position for Playing Piano
Learn how to develop your hand position on piano so you are more ready to take on new music in any key!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Oct 31, 20244 min read
The Devil’s Interval - Introducing Locrian Mode for Halloween
It's Halloween, so learn about Locrian Mode and - more inkeeping - the Devil's Interval - the tritone!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Oct 26, 20249 min read
Getting in the Mode - A Beginner’s Guide to Modes in Music Part One: Major Modes
Think you know how to describe key signatures? Think again and learn how to apply an understanding of modes to your music theory!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Oct 19, 202410 min read
Putting Chords into Practice - How Chord Can Help Your Learning of Piano Music
Learn how the knowledge and application of chords can help you develop your learning towards all types of piano music.
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Oct 5, 202412 min read
Finishing Your Music - the Four Cadences
Learn the difference between cadences in music and start to train your ear to hearing them!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Sep 28, 202412 min read
How to Kickstart Your Motivation in Piano Playing: Steps to Becoming More Motivated to Learn and Play
If you are struggling in being motivated when you learn piano, perhaps some of these suggestions will give you the push to keep going!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Sep 21, 20249 min read
Utilising the Power of Intervals on Piano
Learn how to identify intervals on piano and how they can help you become a better performer, sight reader and musician.
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Sep 14, 20247 min read
The Art of Making Up Your Own Technical Exercises for Piano
Improve your piano playing by making up your own technical exercises! It's easy and it's extremely rewarding. Read on to learn more...
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Sep 7, 202410 min read
Adding the Human Touch - Playing Your Piano Music With Emotion
We’ve done the bulk of the work! You can play the exercise from your book. Perhaps a study piece. Or maybe you’ve been working on an...
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Aug 31, 202414 min read
How to Learn a Piece of Piano Music - from Scratch!
Here are some tips and tricks to help you choose and learn a piece of piano music - from scratch!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Aug 24, 20246 min read
Five Gimmicks to Avoid When Learning Piano
Not everything designed to help you is a bonus. Don't be tempted to try and progress your learning using one of these!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Aug 14, 20247 min read
Using Pentascales to Understand Major and Minor Music
Train your ear to hear the differences between major and minor tonality using simple pentascales as a starting point!
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Aug 7, 202413 min read
How to Develop an Octave Stretch on Piano - Exercises for Smaller Hands
If you are looking for exercises to develop your stretch on piano, look no further. Here are a fair few designed to gradually increase your
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Jul 31, 20247 min read
Finding the ‘Sweet Spot’ in Piano Playing - Reading Music vs. Looking vs. Instinct
It's important to get the balance right between reading music, listening to what you play and knowing where your hands are.
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Jack Mitchell Smith
Jul 24, 20247 min read
The Power of the Wrist in Piano Playing
Improve your fluidity playing piano by practising some simple wrist exercises. The wrist is key to getting a good flow in music!
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