Newsletter Archive - The Piano Prof

Newsletter: "Notes from the Piano Prof"

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March 15, 2026🪤 Feeling Stuck in Your Practice? 4 Traps to Avoid
March 9, 2026🪑 How to Reduce Tension at the Piano
March 1, 2026🧪 Be a Scientist, Not a Drill Sergeant
February 23, 2026📅 How Long Should You Work on One Piece?
February 15, 2026🕰️ The Frustration of Not Having Enough Time to Practice
February 8, 2026🧠 How to Retain What You Practice at the Piano (Part 2)
February 1, 2026🎹 How to Retain What You Practice at the Piano
January 25, 2026✨ Don't Worry if You Don't Feel Ready
January 19, 2026😏 "Comparison is the Thief of Joy"
January 11, 2026⚡️ Is Your Playing "Energetic" or "Frantic"?
January 4, 2026🎹 What Do You Want to Accomplish By March 31?
December 21, 2025🛑 Silencing Your Inner Critic
December 16, 2025😅 How to Keep Practicing When You’re Tired and Busy
December 8, 2025✨ The True Goal of Practice (Hint: It's Not Perfection)
November 30, 2025🎹 Who Helped You Get to the Piano?
November 23, 2025💡 A Student Breakthrough: You Can Do This, Too!
November 16, 2025🎹 Rubato, Part 2: Why Advanced Pianists Never Stop Subdividing
November 9, 2025🥁 Rubato, Part 1: Feeling the Beat in Your Body
November 2, 2025🎯 A Reader Tip that Changed My Mind
October 26, 2025⏰ The First Minute Matters Most: Preparing for a Confident Performance
October 19, 2025🎹 Three truths about performing
September 28, 2025 🎶 Chamber music is the BEST music!
September 14, 2025🔍 Haydn Wouldn’t Recognize Your Piano
August 24, 2025📆 Starting My 21st Year at Butler University!
August 17, 2025🎵 The quiet rebellion of Fanny Mendelssohn
August 10, 2025🎵 Listening... vs. REALLY listening to music
July 28, 2025🎓 Our Students are the Future of the Profession
July 20, 2025🐦‍⬛ The World of Gustav Mahler
July 13, 2025🖐️ Why You’re Making Mistakes (and How to Fix It)
July 6, 2025A Surprising Strategy to Playing Fast 🐢
June 30, 2025🤔 Do You Follow Your Own Practice Advice?
June 23, 2025🎹 Why We Do This
June 16, 2025📊 The Surprising Results of Last Week's Survey
June 9, 2025🧠 Should Pianists STILL Perform From Memory?
June 1, 2025🎹 A few highlights from this week
May 25, 2025🖼️ This House Made Me Think of John Cage
May 18, 2025🕰️ This Piece Was Lost for 150 Years
May 4, 2025❓ How Do You Grade a Piano Lesson?
April 27, 2025🎻 How Beethoven Moved Me This Week
April 20, 2025🎹 The "Greatest Living Pianist" Says She Never Feels Prepared
April 13, 2025🎯 Thoughts About "Precision"
April 7, 2025⚖️ Exploring Dynamic Contrast at the Piano
March 23, 2025⚡️ Reflections on "Dynamics"
March 16, 2025📖 Improving Motivation Through Smarter Practice
March 9, 2025🪱 Reflections on "Structure": Music, Soil, Spring Break, and Practice
March 4, 2025🎶 The Power of Variable Practice
February 16, 2025🔄 The Power of Ritual: How to Build Momentum in Practice
February 10, 2025The Practice Technique That Saved My Recital Prep 🎯
February 2, 2025A Surprising Lesson From 10,000 Hours of Practice ⏳
January 13, 2025Easing Back Into Practice: Taking My Own Advice 🛠️
January 5, 2025AAAAND the Winner is.. Most Popular Video of 2024! 🥁
December 30, 2024How Music Transcends Time and Place: A Holiday Reflection 🎶

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