by Rebecca Bogart | Nov 10, 2026 | Practice Science
You’ve been practicing slowly and faithfully. Then you speed up and the piece falls apart. Slow practice is good advice. On its own, it won’t save you. These 7 fixes make it work. 1. Don’t practice mistakes slowly You’re playing along, you miss...
by Rebecca Bogart | Nov 10, 2026 | Practice Science
Do you ever want to pound the keys and scream? When you’re stuck, frustration is the right response. You may have been told to just try not to get frustrated. And when you do, you may decide something is wrong with you. It isn’t. Frustration isn’t...
by Rebecca Bogart | Oct 13, 2026 | Practice Science
I was living in San Francisco during the Loma Prieta earthquake. The power went out for 3 days. My friend and I stayed with some of her students, and it was pitch black. In the middle of all that chaos, I sat down at their piano and played the Maple Leaf Rag in the...
