Composing – first steps (WHO ME?)
With all of the extra time you now have, it is a great time for you to stick your toe into the pool of songwriting. Ok don’t scream,...
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Gaili Schoen
Jan 17, 2019
How to Play Softer With One Hand: 5 Exercises
Dynamic Independence As you progress in your piano studies an issue will eventually come up that we piano teachers call hand...
Gaili Schoen
Dec 20, 2018
January Free Sheet Music: Auld Lang Syne
“We’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne” Though you might be busy practicing your Christmas carols such as I Saw Three Ships...
Gaili Schoen
Nov 18, 2018
KEY UP: Moving hands forward on the keys
Blog.UpperHandsPiano.com One of the primary differences between experienced pianists and beginners is in the fluidity of the hand moving...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 20, 2018
Accountability
Play music together! I recently heard author (of Eat, Pray, Love) Elizabeth Gilbert speak about creative work: Everything that is...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 10, 2018
Resolve
Resolve! blog.UpperHandsPiano.com If you’re like me, you love making new year’s resolutions. The year ahead is a clean slate, filled with...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 7, 2017
Why Do You Play the Piano?
Piano Brain! UpperHandsPiano.com/blog I am studying the effects of piano lessons on the brain at the University of Washington, and have...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 22, 2017
Piano Players’ Brains
http://www.lifehack.org/517069/science-says-piano-players-brains-are-very-different-from-everybody-elses I think it overstates a few...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 11, 2015
FAKE BOOKS (Part 2)
Dear Piano People Here is a video to expand on yesterday’s post about how to use FAKE BOOKS. I demonstrate some options for adding left...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 6, 2015
White Key Improvisation (Improvising Part 3)
UpperHandsPiano.com/blog I am so pleased to hear that some of you are doing a little improvising. It’s great to try something new, isn’t...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 5, 2015
Finger painting (Improvising, part 2)
Hello Piano Lovers: blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I’d like to delve further into the question, why should we improvise? Firstly, if you...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 4, 2015
Improvising part 1
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Dear Piano Friends: Today I would like to begin exploring the possibility of you improvising. Don’t panic. A...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 20, 2015
Egoless, part 1
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com I had several lovely piano teachers growing up. The teacher that influenced me the most was Mildred Portney...
Gaili Schoen
Oct 6, 2013
ADAPTABILITY
blog.upperhandspiano.com Greetings from Long Island, NY! Today I visited the Montauk Point Lighthouse, which was commissioned by...
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