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Notes from The Music Hub October 5, 2026 Knowing Note Names Is Not Reading Music Have you ever sat down to learn a new piece of music and become frustrated with how long it takes? You’ve learned the letter names. You’ve filled out the worksheets. Maybe you’ve even memorized the lines and spaces. But you're still asking yourself, "Why is this SO hard?" Here’s the problem: Knowing the note names is not the same thing as being fluent at reading music. Over the last few weeks, I've been teaching...
The semester is about halfway over already. We are currently in the 7th week of the semester and fall break is next week. In many ways, the semester is running quite smoothly. I have three very long days. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I leave the house at 6:30am. On Monday, I get home at 6:30PM. On Wednesday, I head to choir rehearsal after I get out of school and get home at about 9:30PM. On Fridays, I get home at 6:30PM unless I attend a concert or meet someone for dinner. I have classes...
Notes from The Music Hub September 28, 2026 What Fur Elise Taught Me About Meter A few weeks ago, one of my students in The Music Hub who has graduated from the Piano Accelerator program asked me about learning Fur Elise by Beethoven. Fur Elise is a great intermediate level piece of music, and a "crowd favorite", so-to-speak, so I was happy to oblige. I am in the process of creating tutorials and demonstration videos on how to play the piece. But the first thing I did was re-engrave the...