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When a child sits at my piano for the first time and asks whether they can learn the Mario theme or the music from Minecraft, I say yes. I say it without hesitation, and I say it as a classically trained pianist.

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This is the question I am asked before almost any other, usually by a parent standing in a shop with a salesperson waiting. The honest answer is less absolute than either the piano shops or the internet will tell you.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/acoustic-or-digital-what-i-tell-las-vegas-families","title":"Acoustic or Digital: What I Tell Las Vegas Families","summary":"This is the question I am asked before almost any other, usually by a parent standing in a shop with a salesperson waiting. The honest answer is less absolute than either the piano shops or the internet will tell you.","date_modified":"2026-10-13T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/why-sight-reading-belongs-in-every-lesson","html_content":"

There is a particular kind of pianist who can play four pieces beautifully and cannot read a fifth. They have been taught by ear and by repetition, they sound good at a recital, and they are stuck, permanently, at whatev...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/why-sight-reading-belongs-in-every-lesson","title":"Why Sight-Reading Belongs in Every Lesson","summary":"There is a particular kind of pianist who can play four pieces beautifully and cannot read a fifth. They have been taught by ear and by repetition, they sound good at a recital, and they are stuck, permanently, at whatev...","date_modified":"2026-10-09T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-the-piano-asks-of-an-older-brain","html_content":"

A woman of seventy-three told me at her first lesson that she was doing this for her memory. Her doctor had said to learn something difficult. She wanted to know whether piano counted.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-the-piano-asks-of-an-older-brain","title":"What the Piano Asks of an Older Brain","summary":"A woman of seventy-three told me at her first lesson that she was doing this for her memory. Her doctor had said to learn something difficult. She wanted to know whether piano counted.","date_modified":"2026-10-06T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-is-the-russian-piano-school-really","html_content":"

A father in my studio asked me last year, politely and a little apologetically, whether "the Russian piano school" was just a marketing phrase. He had seen it on three different teachers' websites in Las Vegas. It was a ...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-is-the-russian-piano-school-really","title":"What Is the Russian Piano School, Really?","summary":"A father in my studio asked me last year, politely and a little apologetically, whether \"the Russian piano school\" was just a marketing phrase. He had seen it on three different teachers' websites in Las Vegas. It was a ...","date_modified":"2026-10-02T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/why-i-put-every-student-on-a-stage","html_content":"

Every student in my studio performs, from the first year. Not because recitals are a tradition, and not because parents like the photographs, though they do. Because of what I can see in a child in the week afterwards.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/why-i-put-every-student-on-a-stage","title":"Why I Put Every Student on a Stage","summary":"Every student in my studio performs, from the first year. Not because recitals are a tradition, and not because parents like the photographs, though they do. Because of what I can see in a child in the week afterwards.","date_modified":"2026-09-29T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/you-played-as-a-child-this-is-not-starting-over","html_content":"

A man in his fifties sat down in my studio and apologised before he played anything. He had had six years of lessons as a boy and had not touched a piano since college. He described himself, twice, as a complete beginner...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/you-played-as-a-child-this-is-not-starting-over","title":"You Played as a Child. This Is Not Starting Over.","summary":"A man in his fifties sat down in my studio and apologised before he played anything. He had had six years of lessons as a boy and had not touched a piano since college. He described himself, twice, as a complete beginner...","date_modified":"2026-09-25T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/the-age-most-children-quit-piano-and-why","html_content":"

If a child stops piano, it usually happens between nine and twelve. Not at the beginning, when it is hard and new, and not in the teenage years, when everyone expects it. Right in the middle, after two or three years, of...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/the-age-most-children-quit-piano-and-why","title":"The Age Most Children Quit Piano, and Why","summary":"If a child stops piano, it usually happens between nine and twelve. Not at the beginning, when it is hard and new, and not in the teenage years, when everyone expects it. Right in the middle, after two or three years, of...","date_modified":"2026-09-22T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-russian-here-in-las-vegas","html_content":"

Russian-speaking parents almost always ask me the same two questions, in the same order. Do you teach in Russian, and is this the real school, the one they remember from home.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-russian-here-in-las-vegas","title":"Piano Lessons in Russian, Here in Las Vegas","summary":"Russian-speaking parents almost always ask me the same two questions, in the same order. Do you teach in Russian, and is this the real school, the one they remember from home.","date_modified":"2026-09-18T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-a-four-year-old-can-actually-learn","html_content":"

A mother asked me last week whether her daughter was too young. The girl was four, and had been climbing onto the piano bench at home uninvited for a month. That is usually the answer, but parents want a real one, so her...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-a-four-year-old-can-actually-learn","title":"What a Four-Year-Old Can Actually Learn","summary":"A mother asked me last week whether her daughter was too young. The girl was four, and had been climbing onto the piano bench at home uninvited for a month. That is usually the answer, but parents want a real one, so her...","date_modified":"2026-09-15T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-practice-for-an-overscheduled-american-kid","html_content":"

A father sat down in my studio last spring, looked at his phone's calendar, and told me honestly: "She has forty minutes free on Tuesdays and twenty on Thursdays. I don't know how this works."

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-practice-for-an-overscheduled-american-kid","title":"Piano Practice for an Overscheduled American Kid","summary":"A father sat down in my studio last spring, looked at his phone's calendar, and told me honestly: \"She has forty minutes free on Tuesdays and twenty on Thursdays. I don't know how this works.\"","date_modified":"2026-09-11T19:01:36Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-for-teenagers-a-different-question","html_content":"

Parents of teenagers ask me two different questions and treat them as the same one. "Should she keep going" and "should she start" sound similar. They are not, and the answer to each depends on something that has nothing...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-for-teenagers-a-different-question","title":"Piano Lessons for Teenagers: A Different Question","summary":"Parents of teenagers ask me two different questions and treat them as the same one. \"Should she keep going\" and \"should she start\" sound similar. They are not, and the answer to each depends on something that has nothing...","date_modified":"2026-09-11T19:00:01Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-piano-lessons-actually-teach-a-childs-brain","html_content":"

A mother told me last month that her son's teacher had mentioned, unprompted, that he "concentrates differently now." She wanted to know if that was really the piano, or a coincidence.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/what-piano-lessons-actually-teach-a-childs-brain","title":"What Piano Lessons Actually Teach a Child's Brain","summary":"A mother told me last month that her son's teacher had mentioned, unprompted, that he \"concentrates differently now.\" She wanted to know if that was really the piano, or a coincidence.","date_modified":"2026-09-11T18:58:30Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/russian-piano-teacher-in-las-vegas-the-method-explained","html_content":"

Every few weeks a family walks into my studio and, somewhere in the first ten minutes, one of the parents says the same thing: "I want my daughter to learn the way I learned."

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/russian-piano-teacher-in-las-vegas-the-method-explained","title":"Russian Piano Teacher in Las Vegas: The Method Explained","summary":"Every few weeks a family walks into my studio and, somewhere in the first ten minutes, one of the parents says the same thing: \"I want my daughter to learn the way I learned.\"","date_modified":"2026-08-28T15:25:36Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-henderson-nv-what-to-look-for","html_content":"

Henderson has grown into one of the best places in the valley to raise a musical kid - and one of the harder places to work out which piano teacher is actually worth the drive.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-henderson-nv-what-to-look-for","title":"Piano Lessons in Henderson, NV: What to Look For","summary":"Henderson has grown into one of the best places in the valley to raise a musical kid - and one of the harder places to work out which piano teacher is actually worth the drive.","date_modified":"2026-08-27T16:20:10Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-for-seniors-in-las-vegas","html_content":"

Some of the most interesting students I teach in Las Vegas are also the oldest. They arrive on time, they know exactly why they are there, and they practise - which, after many years of teaching, I can tell you is not a ...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-for-seniors-in-las-vegas","title":"Piano Lessons for Seniors in Las Vegas","summary":"Some of the most interesting students I teach in Las Vegas are also the oldest. They arrive on time, they know exactly why they are there, and they practise - which, after many years of teaching, I can tell you is not a ...","date_modified":"2026-08-26T18:36:33Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/preparing-for-a-las-vegas-piano-audition","html_content":"

Every winter, families across Summerlin, Henderson and Spring Valley start the same conversation: our child wants to audition for the arts school, and we have no idea what that actually involves. Here is the honest versi...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/preparing-for-a-las-vegas-piano-audition","title":"Preparing for a Las Vegas Piano Audition","summary":"Every winter, families across Summerlin, Henderson and Spring Valley start the same conversation: our child wants to audition for the arts school, and we have no idea what that actually involves. Here is the honest versi...","date_modified":"2026-08-26T15:12:21Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/best-keyboard-for-piano-lessons-in-las-vegas-a-teachers-guide","html_content":"

Almost every family who starts lessons with us asks the same question in the first week: what should we buy to practise on? It is a fair question, and the answer matters more than most people expect. The instrument at ho...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/best-keyboard-for-piano-lessons-in-las-vegas-a-teachers-guide","title":"Best Keyboard for Piano Lessons in Las Vegas: A Teacher's Guide","summary":"Almost every family who starts lessons with us asks the same question in the first week: what should we buy to practise on? It is a fair question, and the answer matters more than most people expect. The instrument at ho...","date_modified":"2026-08-25T15:19:45Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-summerlin-what-parents-look-for","html_content":"

Summerlin is full of families who take their children's education seriously. The same parents who research schools carefully, and who ask about a tutor's degree without hesitating, will often choose a piano teacher from ...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/piano-lessons-in-summerlin-what-parents-look-for","title":"Piano Lessons in Summerlin: What Parents Look For","summary":"Summerlin is full of families who take their children's education seriously. The same parents who research schools carefully, and who ask about a tutor's degree without hesitating, will often choose a piano teacher from ...","date_modified":"2026-08-24T19:22:16Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/adult-piano-lessons-in-las-vegas-is-it-too-late","html_content":"

"I'm 45. Isn't it too late?"

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Las Vegas hosts more weddings than almost any city in the world, and live piano has quietly become the thing couples reach for when they want the ceremony to feel like theirs rather than like a template. A recorded playl...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/hiring-a-wedding-pianist-in-las-vegas-5-questions-to-ask","title":"Hiring a Wedding Pianist in Las Vegas: 5 Questions to Ask","summary":"Las Vegas hosts more weddings than almost any city in the world, and live piano has quietly become the thing couples reach for when they want the ceremony to feel like theirs rather than like a template. A recorded playl...","date_modified":"2026-08-24T15:24:57Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/how-to-choose-a-piano-teacher-in-las-vegas-5-questions","html_content":"

If you are looking for piano lessons in Las Vegas, you are probably comparing a few studios right now - the one in Summerlin with the nice website, the one five minutes from your house in Henderson, the one your neighbou...

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/how-to-choose-a-piano-teacher-in-las-vegas-5-questions","title":"How to Choose a Piano Teacher in Las Vegas: 5 Questions","summary":"If you are looking for piano lessons in Las Vegas, you are probably comparing a few studios right now - the one in Summerlin with the nice website, the one five minutes from your house in Henderson, the one your neighbou...","date_modified":"2026-08-24T13:22:21Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/mastering-piano-techniques-for-all-skill-levels","html_content":"

Embarking on Your Piano Mastery Journey

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/mastering-piano-techniques-for-all-skill-levels","title":"Mastering Piano Techniques for All Skill Levels","summary":"Embarking on Your Piano Mastery Journey","date_modified":"2026-01-12T23:06:40Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/starting-piano-lessons-at-age-4-in-las-vegas---building-future","html_content":"

Starting piano lessons at age 4 is one of the best investments you can make in your child’s education and future success.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/starting-piano-lessons-at-age-4-in-las-vegas---building-future","title":"Starting Piano Lessons at Age 4 in Las Vegas - Building Future","summary":"Starting piano lessons at age 4 is one of the best investments you can make in your child’s education and future success. ","date_modified":"2025-09-22T06:58:01Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/daily-piano-practice-tips-secrets-las-vegas-piano-school-1","html_content":"

Daily Piano Practice Tips & Secrets @ Las Vegas Piano School & Dr. Maria (Masha) Pisarenko.

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Experiment with different dynamics: Explore the full range of expression by experimenting with different dynamics. Play around with soft and loud playing to bring out the emotions in the music.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/daily-piano-practice-tips-secrets-las-vegas-piano-school","title":"Daily Piano Practice Tips & Secrets @ Las Vegas Piano School","summary":"Experiment with different dynamics: Explore the full range of expression by experimenting with different dynamics. Play around with soft and loud playing to bring out the emotions in the music.","date_modified":"2023-09-07T05:57:00Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/daily-piano-practice-tips-secrets-dr-maria-masha-pisarenko","html_content":"

Divide and conquer:

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Focus on quality over quantity: Rather than mindlessly repeating the same piece or exercise, make every practice session count by focusing on improving specific passages or techniques.

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/weekly-piano-practice-tips","title":"Daily Piano Practice Tips","summary":" Focus on quality over quantity: Rather than mindlessly repeating the same piece or exercise, make every practice session count by focusing on improving specific passages or techniques.","date_modified":"2023-09-05T03:47:40Z"},{"id":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/the-golden-era-of-online-piano-education","html_content":"

Welcome to the GOLDEN Era of Online Piano Education!

","url":"https://lasvegaspianoschool.com/piano-blog/f/the-golden-era-of-online-piano-education","title":"The GOLDEN Era of Online Piano Education.","summary":"Welcome to the GOLDEN Era of Online Piano Education!","date_modified":"2020-11-10T10:56:46Z"}]}