Free St. Patrick’s Day Sheet Music!
It’s St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, so dig out your green clothes, dust off your Irish Soda Bread Recipe, and get ready to play some...
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Gaili Schoen
Feb 5, 2022
Giveaway! The Music Remedy books No. 1 and No. 2
I hope you have been enjoying playing my February free sheet music, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose. To further celebrate the month of 💗...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 1, 2022
January Free Sheet Music: Someone to Watch Over Me
Happy New Year Friends! I always enjoy posting free sheet music for you at the beginning of each month, but on January 1st it’s...
Gaili Schoen
Apr 1, 2021
April Free Sheet Music: April Showers (an easy arrangement and a jazz ballad)
Happy April! Today I have arranged April Showers as a slow jazz ballad, because it seems to encompass the wistful sentiment of the day,...
Gaili Schoen
Apr 24, 2020
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,...
Gaili Schoen
May 23, 2019
Bass Staff Ledger Lines: Free Worksheets
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Some of my students who have been working through the ledger line worksheets are having trouble figuring out...
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
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
May 28, 2017
WHAT??? 12 Ways To Protect Your Ears Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
© Carlosphotos | Dreamstime Stock Photos Let me begin with a painful confession: I abused my ears in my youth. I played keyboards in a...
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
Apr 7, 2016
When Should You Be Practicing?
I am often asked for tips on how to practice most effectively. In my recent post entitled The Best Ways To Practice using the latest...
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
Jan 23, 2015
7 SMART SNACKS!
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com The latest food studies show that WALNUTS are at the top of the list of “brain foods.” Researchers at the David...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 9, 2015
PLEDGE TO PLAY: 10 MINUTES A DAY!
UpperHandsPiano.com/blog Dear Piano Lovers! I love that January is the time of year for new goals and added resolve. If you are reading...
Gaili Schoen
Nov 6, 2013
Highly Successful People Say Musical Training Impacted Achievements
blog.upperhandspiano.com The NY Times recently ran an article called “Is Music The Key To Success?” The author, Joanne Lipman showed that...
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...
Gaili Schoen
Oct 4, 2013
ANTI-AGING
blog.upperhandspiano.com The aging process, though inevitable, is unpredictable. Authors Rudolph Tanzi Ph.D., and Deepak Chopra M.D. of...
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