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Piano lessons • Michael Hegarty
My Top Tips and Advice for Improving Piano Technique and Performance, acquired over years of giving piano lessons.


What Constitutes a Holistic Approach to Piano Tuition?
The question that presents itself to us when we first begin to teach a new piano student is: how do we ensure that we produce a musician...
Michael Hegarty
Nov 17, 20246 min read
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Congratulations to Victoria on a brilliant Distinction at grade 1 piano
This post is a congratulations to my student, Victoria, on her first rate distinction in her grade 1 piano. She attained excellent marks....
Michael Hegarty
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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Are Finger Exercises Worth It? A Brief Defence of the Value of Hanon in Piano Studies.
The value of finger exercises for students of the piano, such as C-L. Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises, has been greatly...
Michael Hegarty
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Why is Sight-reading Important and how can we improve?
When we begin learning a musical instrument for the first time, we have to overcome the initial difficulty of reading music. All tyro...
Michael Hegarty
Nov 14, 20235 min read
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