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Play music together! I recently heard author (of Eat, Pray, Love) Elizabeth Gilbert speak about creative work: Everything that is...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 20, 2018
March FREE Sheet Music: Star of the County Down
Kylemore Abbey It’s March, and I’m enjoying practicing Irish tunes for a few upcoming St. Patrick’s Day gigs. Though I already have two...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 2, 2018
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
Jan 22, 2017
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
Apr 7, 2016
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
Jul 13, 2015
Upper Hands Piano: Songs of the Seasons, SPRING
Dear Friends: We are SO pleased to announce… Songs of the Seasons: SPRING Upper Hands Piano: Songs of the Seasons, SPRING is now...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 18, 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 6, 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 5, 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
Feb 4, 2015
Playing Piano for Brain Health
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I saw the film, Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore as a 50-year-old professor suffering from a rare type...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 3, 2015
THE BEST WAYS TO PRACTICE using the latest brain research
Recent studies showing how the brain acquires and stores new information can revolutionize our practice habits. Using these new findings,...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 2, 2015
Sleep On It
blog.upperhandspiano.com I have a brilliant former student named Brendan Cohn-Sheehy with whom I consult on my music and the brain...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 31, 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 26, 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 20, 2015
Playing An Instrument Is Like Fireworks In Your Brain!
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com I recently came upon this Ted Ed lesson on how playing an instrument is like fireworks going off in your brain!...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 18, 2015
Great New Finger Exercise
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I want to show you a new exercise I have adapted from an exercise by Theodore Leschetizky [lesh-uh–tit-ske...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 17, 2015
Lingering on the Fingering
blog.UpperHandsPiano.com One day when I was perusing a charming used book shop in London, I came upon this prize of a book, written in...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 16, 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 14, 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
Jan 9, 2015
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
Nov 6, 2013
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