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: 


  • Each step is presented clearly and in a fun way.
  • Each step is also built upon in a coordinated way.
  • Finally, each piece and exercise was created with thought and creativity to be engaging and fun, as well as, serve its pedagogical purpose.

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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Blog Posts

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

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Natural vs Formal Learning

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

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Welcome!

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.