Recently a student asked me what is the fastest speed that any pianist can play at. I decided to find out. How fast can a pianist play? The fastest any pianist claims to play is 19.5 piano notes...
Category: Piano Playing
We all know that lifting weights can be beneficial for us in many ways, if that's something that we want to do. But if you're a pianist or other instrumentalist and you're thinking of getting started...
It's fairly common knowledge that to play the piano optimally, it's best to keep your fingernails short. I even hear of piano teachers refusing to teach people who don't cut their fingernails to an...
Sometimes students ask me whether they need to do anything to "strengthen" their fingers for piano, or complain of having "weak" fingers. There are a number of myths about finger "strength" and...
A lot of pianists find sight-reading difficult and stressful. I remember dreading sight-reading when I first started learning piano. These days it is genuinely my favourite thing to do. Nowadays as a...
My students that are working towards piano grades have all at some point asked me how long it usually takes to reach grade 8 piano. To those just starting out, grade 8 often seems so far in the...