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You Can Only Enjoy Piano My Way

by john aschenbrenner August 3, 2023

"You can only enjoy piano my way." The strict, conventional piano teacher conveys this to the student. These teachers don't care whether you enjo...

Posted in kid's piano, quit piano, stop piano lessons, strict piano teacher

by john aschenbrenner August 3, 2023

When a piano teacher's only tool is to make the child feel ashamed for not learning, I call it "shame based piano teaching." Do any of the follow...

Posted in guilt and piano, kid's piano, shame based piano teacher

by john aschenbrenner August 3, 2023

What piano teachers don't want you to do is to shop around. Teaching piano is a very specific skill, and finding the right teacher is difficult...

Posted in kid's piano, parent customer, piano teaching business

by john aschenbrenner August 3, 2023

Endorphins are brain chemicals that induce a good feeling, and if you're doing piano lessons correctly, your student's brain will be full of them...

Posted in brain development, endorphins, kid's piano

by john aschenbrenner August 3, 2023

The Pianist with Two Brains is a phrase I coined to show how a pianist is constantly exchanging information between the hemispheres of their brai...

Posted in brain hemispheres, corpus callosum, kid's piano, piano brain, two brains

by john aschenbrenner September 2, 2019

The transparent piano method refers to a way that a piano teacher can act that seems not to be teaching a lesson. It is more like sharing ideas in...

Posted in easy piano, kids piano, simple piano, teach piano