Lilypond is an excellent alternative to music notation software like Sibelius and Finale. This tutorial will give you everything you need to know to get started writing music in Lilypond.

I honestly believe anyone can learn to play by ear. Here are the steps I went through to learn to play by ear. It has worked well for my 6 year old daughter and my 50 year old beginning student.

This is a list of practice ideas to super charge your practice sessions. So often I find myself going to the piano and doing the same things every time. Mix it up for maximum effectiveness.

A cadence is a series of chords that marks the end of a musical phrase. This guide goes through some common patterns and exercises to practice in all 12 keys.

Most people already know a primary chord pattern that looks like this:

Usually they only know this pattern at a rote level at best but have no idea how to use it or what it means. So let’s start at the beginning.