The Hanon Debate (Part 1)
As we saw from responses to last week's post, the exercises of Hanon are a hotly debated topic. It seems there is nothing more provocative than uttering the name of…
How to Use Hanon
In this week’s guest post, Ilga Pitkevica discusses the ubiquitous exercises of Hanon and shares her views on how to use them effectively. *** Mastering all core types of piano…
Improve Your Technique!
A collection of resources to help you improve your piano technique and achieve your pianistic goals!
Learning Khachaturian’s Toccata
Aram Khachaturian’s Toccata is one of the most effective showpieces for the advancing pianist. Although it looks and sounds very difficult, it is actually much more approachable than you might…
How to Broaden Your Active Repertoire
This week's post is by Online Academy co-founder, Ryan Morison. Ryan is a devoted and dedicated amateur pianist, and I'm delighted to welcome him as guest author to share his…
Applying the Practice Tools
If you would like to lay foundations for much more productive and effective practising in the year ahead, you might want to join my upcoming interactive practising workshop. The workshop…
Your Piano Goals for 2021
With it being the start of a new year, many of us will be making all manner of virtuous resolutions. While we can’t offer any advice on resolutions for combatting…