
Why Music?
Music has been a part of human existence for a long long time. Evidence for it goes back tens of thousands of years. One such
A blog for teachers and parents of piano students about music, teaching, learning and Musical Mind Piano.
Musical Mind Piano is an innovative method for learning to play the piano designed for students ages 4-7, although I have used abbreviated versions of it for students as old as 13. It seeks to enlist children’s natural way of learning and engage their natural abilities to develop familiarity and skill in coordinating rhythm, sound and movement at a pace that feels natural to them.
What makes Musical Mind Piano different?
What needs to be learned is broken down into much smaller steps than with other methods and:
All of the above happens naturally when children are learning to walk and speak.
Musical Mind Piano is designed to mimic a child’s natural process of learning for rhythm, reading and movement such that kids have fun laying a good foundation while minimizing having to unlearn bad habits and remembering to do multiple things at the same time.
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Music has been a part of human existence for a long long time. Evidence for it goes back tens of thousands of years. One such

Natural vs Formal Learning In my post “What is a Child’s Natural Way of Learning?” I discussed how children learn outside of (and before) a

Discovery & Play Children learn naturally from the moment they begin to become aware of their world through discovery and play. Children learn much more

In short, playing the piano is a very complex activity! Mentally, it’s not really like anything else. It uses all the senses except that
I’m Kevin Guess, musician, teacher and creator of Musical Mind Piano.
I’ve been doing this for over 30 years and created this blog to share the things I’ve learned with teachers, parents and students.