It’s St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, so dig out your green clothes, dust off your Irish Soda Bread Recipe, and get ready to play some...

I hope you have been enjoying playing my February free sheet music, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose. To further celebrate the month of 💗...

Happy New Year Friends! I always enjoy posting free sheet music for you at the beginning of each month, but on January 1st it’s...

Happy April! Today I have arranged April Showers as a slow jazz ballad, because it seems to encompass the wistful sentiment of the day,...

With all of the extra time you now have, it is a great time for you to stick your toe into the pool of songwriting. Ok don’t scream,...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Some of my students who have been working through the ledger line worksheets are having trouble figuring out...

“We’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne” Though you might be busy practicing your Christmas carols such as I Saw Three Ships...

Play music together! I recently heard author (of Eat, Pray, Love) Elizabeth Gilbert speak about creative work: Everything that is...

© Carlosphotos | Dreamstime Stock Photos Let me begin with a painful confession: I abused my ears in my youth. I played keyboards in a...

Piano Brain! UpperHandsPiano.com/blog I am studying the effects of piano lessons on the brain at the University of Washington, and have...

I am often asked for tips on how to practice most effectively. In my recent post entitled The Best Ways To Practice using the latest...

Hello Piano Lovers: blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I’d like to delve further into the question, why should we improvise? Firstly, if you...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com The latest food studies show that WALNUTS are at the top of the list of “brain foods.” Researchers at the David...

UpperHandsPiano.com/blog Dear Piano Lovers! I love that January is the time of year for new goals and added resolve. If you are reading...

blog.upperhandspiano.com The NY Times recently ran an article called “Is Music The Key To Success?” The author, Joanne Lipman showed that...

blog.upperhandspiano.com Greetings from Long Island, NY! Today I visited the Montauk Point Lighthouse, which was commissioned by...

blog.upperhandspiano.com The aging process, though inevitable, is unpredictable. Authors Rudolph Tanzi Ph.D.,  and Deepak Chopra M.D. of...