For this week’s video, I demonstrate a piano practice technique called rhythmic variations. I discovered this technique when I was a piano student and have used it enthusiastically ever since. Rhythmic variations help with playing difficult passages and runs, which show up frequently in classical music. Such runs require the …

Reading piano sheet music involves deciphering many layers of information. Many piano learners have never learned how to do this. They may try in vain to eat the sheet music elephant all at once. The result is usually discouragement and limited progress. No wonder reading sheet music seems so challenging …

Piano learners are eager to gain fluency in playing and reading music. I have never found a shortcut to growing reading skills, yet over and over I see the progress learners make when using effective piano practice techniques. One such piano practice technique is counting while playing. Some years ago …