​ 5 Days Left to Register this Go-Round! May 25, 2026

3 Days Left!

I am keeping registration open in The Music Hub until the end of May. After that, it won't reopen until September.

That means you have 3 days left to register!

Summer is a casual time meant for exploring. It's a great time to try something new or revisit a hobby!

One very important thing to know about learning piano is that it is not just an intellectual skill.

It's more like learning a sport.

Like golf, a sport many people take up when they get older.

Understanding the rules of golf, knowing the steps of swinging the club, and learning the strategy of where to send the ball might help you enjoy watching golf more on TV.

But those things alone won't help you in actually playing the game.

Learning to play golf requires physical engagement, and it takes time and practice to get all the aspects of bodily movements coordinated.

The same is true for piano.

Piano is extremely physical. It requires independent finger movement, wrist movement and foot movement (when using the pedal) that are very different from most of the movement required in the rest of life.

In today's world, the closest we come to using fingers independently outside of playing an instrument is typing. And in that case, we use one very compact keyboard. and our hands are always in the same general location.

The piano keyboard is far larger, with infinitely more combinations of notes and fingers, and the distance between our hands varies.

At whatever age we start learning piano, we are beginning to train our muscles to do something different and move in ways contrary to what is "normal" on a day-to-day basis.

Movement is a process of neurons firing and sending impulses down the nerves to make the muscles move. For this to happen quickly, that path needs to be reinforced through lots of repetition until it becomes automatic.

So that, eventually, when your mind thinks, "LH 2nd finger play now " your LH 2nd finger plays right away. Not your 3rd or 4th or 5th finger. Not with a long delay.

I think of practicing as "engraving" this path of impulses, like creating a ditch where you want water to flow.

It takes time. So, this is not something you want to put off.

In a variation of the quote about planting trees, the best time to start piano was 20 years ago. The second-best time is today.

Registration for The Music Hub is now open!

Inside, I explain movement around the piano in depth. And starting in June, I will be adding to a new module all about "Scales and Chords" which will not only help you improve finger dexterity but will also help you innately feel the geography of the piano.

You can become a monthly member or, you can pay for the year in full and receive 4 FREE (30 min.) private online lessons with me to use throughout the year - a $150 value!

For more information, visit the link below.

​https://heather-niemi-savage-music.kit.com/products/music-hub-membership​

If you have more questions, please respond to this email and we can set up a Zoom call!

Happy Music Making!

Heather Niemi Savage, composer, pianist & educator

Founder of The Music Hub