BLÜTHNER FACTORY VISIT In April 2019, the London Contemporary School of Piano was invited to visit the BLÜTHNER piano factory in Leipzig. The company, founded by Julius Blüthner in 1853 in Leipzig, remains a family run business. By 1900, Blüthner … more …
Your brain hijacks your fingers because they speak two completely different languages. So, it’s really important to understand and recognise these two different languages. Our logical brain – the part that processes information and adds up numbers and figures – … more …
HOW TO BUILD STRONGER, MORE INDEPENDENT FINGERS! Here is another fantastic video from one of our star piano coaches, Siwan Rhys. We’ve shown you some incredible piano tricks and skills over the last week. But the truth is we need to … more …
John Lewis’ 2018 Christmas advert inspired me to review all of Elton’s 30 albums and list the 10 best ones including my reasons why.
Elton’s career began in the late 60’s. In the 70’s, he released an astounding 12 albums, 6 of which made it into my 10 Favourites list. In 1971, Elton John amazingly released 4 albums, 2 of which are so good they made it onto this list.
more ...Today I’m doing something rather crazy. I am going to teach you all the chords in just 10 minutes.
Let’s get started!
more ...In this blues piano riffs tutorial Tom Donald will show you easy blues piano licks and tricks when learning how to play 12 bar blues on piano.
more ...7th DISSONANCE AND GERSHWIN! Today’s video on 7th Dissonance is in an area that even, dare I say, many experienced musicians often mix up. This is the one area of piano harmony that really trips people up. Many students despite … more …
ALL 7 EASY PIANO CHORDS Maestro Maker Pianist Tom Donald reveals all 7 basic piano chords you should know. He explains the structure of these chords and how you can group them in simple but effective chord progressions to understand … more …
BEST JAZZ PIANO HACK Imagine you could sound like Herbie Hancock just because you know one of the best jazz piano hacks! Our quartal voicing tutorial will show you how to play jazz piano chords, namely, improvise 4th chords on … more …
