July Free Sheet Music: Chopin Nocturne (intermediate arrangement)
“Chopin Concert” painting by Henryk Siemiradzki (Public Domain) Chopin was only twenty when he composed his Nocturne Opus 9, No. 2 in...
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Gaili Schoen
Mar 31, 2022
Happy Birthday Bach! (Free Sheet Music & What is Desirable Difficulty?)
Today is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (though there is some confusion about the date). To celebrate, I have arranged Bach’s...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 2, 2021
January Free Sheet Music: Look for the Silver Lining
Happy New Year Friends! I hope this finds you well, and feeling at least somewhat optimistic about 2021. Last year was admittedly...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 24, 2020
Pieces from Emma 2020 (free sheet music)
In the last month I have seen the 2020 film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Emma twice; once in the theater, and a second time last...
Gaili Schoen
Jun 2, 2019
June Free Sheet Music: Tico Tico
I recently came upon the song Tico Tico in a book of songs played by the French Gypsy jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and fell in love...
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
Sep 3, 2018
September Free Sheet Music: Clair de lune
I have had many requests for easy sheet music to Debussy’s Clair de lune, and so have transposed it to C and simplified it for the...
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
Jun 2, 2018
June Free Sheet Music: Tchaikovsky’s June
blog.upperhandspiano.com I hope you are enjoying luxuriously lengthening days as we launch into summer. My garden is crying out for me to...
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 17, 2017
Distractions
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks ― Winston S. Churchill Today while I was...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 15, 2017
Pledge To Play: 10 Minutes A Day
Dear Piano Peeps: Today I hope you will join me in pledging to play the piano at least 10 minutes every day for the next 30 days (January...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 4, 2017
What is a Practice?
I am fascinated by the concept of practice, because it has been such a charged word for me in the past. As a young child it was a...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 13, 2015
Passion Practice
summer hydrangeas Now that July 4th has passed, you might be thinking about things you would like to accomplish this summer. Many...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 26, 2015
7 Moving Pieces (For Inspiration)
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Dear Friends: I sometimes turn to moving music to get me through a difficult time, or to reflect my feelings of...
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
Jan 14, 2015
Pledge to Play 10 Minutes A Day
Pledge To Play 10 Minutes A Day Today we start our pledge to play 10 minutes a day, for 30 days. Even if you can’t commit to playing...
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...
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