There’s a 7-year-old self-taught piano prodigy living in Dayton, Ohio today. Avett Ray Maness is determined that he won’t stop until he accomplishes his dreams and nothing, not even the fact that he’s blind, will slow him down or stand in his way. This is something that the people around him are loving as they …
It’s commonly believed that piano music lessons should start when your child is entering elementary school – at around the age of 5 or 6. However, recent studies have shown that lessons should start much earlier than this – when you child turns 5- or 6-months-old. According to this research, your child will reap many …
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As time goes by there’s one thing we can rest assured of: We’ll never run out of things to marvel in. One of the most recent things is that there’s now a robot hand that can play piano. While we shouldn’t be surprised that the robot hand does a great job of this, what we …
Most parents will go out of their way to do whatever it takes to help their children get a “step up” in their growth and development. This is why so many parents have their children participate in piano lessons today. Although they probably don’t even realize it, these parents are very smart themselves. There are …
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While you may not realize it, your baby grand piano is a temperamental creature. It’s subject to changes in heat and humidity. This is why you want to make sure you display it in an ideal environment – one that isn’t too hot, too cold, too damp or not properly protected to such elements. Doing …
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Every music loving parent will appreciate the findings of a new Canadian research study. It shows that after 9 months of weekly piano lessons children’s IQs rose by at least three points in comparison to their peers who weren’t taking lessons. This supports the idea that children are learning more than their scales – they’re …
Learning to play the piano doesn’t only take practice but it also requires the complex coordination of many different parts of your brain. These are the regions that are responsible for your coordination, hearing, sight, and movement. This ultimately influences your brain’s structure and function. What Research Demonstrates in This Regard Over the past two …
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Self-playing pianos are essentially a simple, analog robot that’s programmed with a paper roll that had perforations to activate the specific keys. They’d start and stop, even use the foo pedals that work the machine’s bellows. The machine’s speed, music’s tempo, and choice of music were all controllable. About half of the homes in America …
Music has tremendous power in our lives and wellbeing. It is hard to quantify the role it can have in inspiring us, helping us through various emotional states, and the cultural and humanistic connections it allows us to have. Despite the difficulty in analyzing its effect, we all know it is there when we hear …
You can have the most wonderful piano in the world, but if it is not tuned, it will not produce the quality of sound that you paid and trained for. Furthermore, if you are a professional, it may make sense to tune your piano to be in line with other instruments that you are performing …
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