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Blog : General

Our general blog posts category covers questions you may have about learning the piano and articles that are related to music generally.

Should you push your child into piano lessons?

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March 11, 2014 by Martin Filed Under: General 1 Comment

If your child wants to learn to play the piano, then it’s important to give them encouragement. But there is a fine line between encouraging your child, and pushing them into something they don’t want to do. The difficulty however with children is that they don’t always know what’s best for them, and as a […]

Piano covers – The Godfather theme

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February 17, 2014 by Martin Filed Under: General Leave a Comment

‘I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse’ – Don Corleone For the first time ever I recently watched all three Godfather movies. For some strange reason I’d never gotten around to watching them, so I finally caught up with the rest of the world. It took me a while as you can imagine, bearing […]

Why the parent is also a piano teacher…

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December 17, 2013 by Martin Filed Under: General Leave a Comment

If you have a child who’s attending piano lessons, then the most important thing to realise is that you are their piano teacher at home. And don’t worry, you won’t need to learn to play the piano yourself, but just be there to motivate and push your child in the right direction. However, I would […]

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