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How do you develop musical ears?

How do you develop musical ears?

You’re already beautifully equipped to hear all the details you need to hear in order to play by ear, you simply need to know what it is your hearing! Here’s my journey to developing my musical ear and how you can do the same.

How do you learn to play by ear? – Your first step.

How do you learn to play by ear? – Your first step.

If you desire to play the piano by ear, your first step is to develop your musical ears to be active. Use these tips to strengthen the connection between your ear and your brain to listen like a musician and train you hearing to work better for you!

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How to learn piano (and love every minute of it!)

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How to learn piano (and love every minute of it!)

Learning something new isn’t easy and even with an enthusiastic and encouraging teacher like myself, you still need to foster a decent amount of inner-motivation in order to put in the effort required to achieve your piano goals.

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Celebrating 4 years of teaching creative piano online!

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Celebrating 4 years of teaching creative piano online!

When I started Piano Picnic, I knew that I wanted to teach the creative piano skills that seldom are taught… I always wondered why I couldn’t find a teacher to teach me these skills – the old school of thought being that you should train for a decade with the traditional method before branching out. But creative training is not exclusive to advanced pianists…

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Improve your ear-playing skills and STOP the key-stabbing!

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Improve your ear-playing skills and STOP the key-stabbing!

Put away the finger-daggers and stop randomly stabbing at keys!

Playing by ear is a skill (not a lottery!). When you learn more about this particular topic you'll be able to make intelligent choices (rather than random guesses) at what you hear.

3 secrets to ear-training daily, even if you're too busy.

3 secrets to ear-training daily, even if you're too busy.

There is no silver bullet to learning to play piano by ear. There is no quick fix. No magic pill, shortcut or ‘get rich quick’ pyramid scheme for learning to play by ear. It takes time to get good! The problem for most people is in sustaining a level of practise with their ear-training that isn't boring, too time-consuming or ineffective. So here are 3 simple ear-training activities that you can do ‘on-the-go’.