by Rebecca Bogart | Nov 10, 2026 | Problem Spots, Leaps and Fingering
You know the passage. You play it fine ten times, then miss the same note for no reason at all. Random piano mistakes are rarely random. There’s almost always a cause, and it often sits a note or two before the miss. Find it, and most of those misses go away. I...
by Rebecca Bogart | Oct 13, 2026 | Problem Spots, Leaps and Fingering
A leap is any moment when the next note isn’t already under your hand. You have to let go, travel, and land on the exact key. For a split second you aren’t touching anything, so you can’t creep over to the next note. That’s why leaps feel...