Matova Music School

Tag: piano-lessons

  • Practice secrets

    All students want to do well. They want to play as good as it is possible. Some more than others; some know how to practice, others don’t. I advise each one based on the music they learn and the technical level they have. Some listen their teacher, others experiment. Some improve fast, others less. So…

  • Adult Students beliefs and expectations; do/don’t

    When adult students come to me for lessons, they all are at different level in terms of musical technical development. They also have accumulated some bad habits and some believes. Here I will address some of them. © Dr. Nelly Matova, Matova Music School 2025

  • Children, focus, and when to start piano lessons

    In the past, before the rise of electronic games, internet, smart phones and before the pandemic, it was a standard the children to start piano lessons when they are 5-6 years old. Some would start at 7 years old. What has changed? Children learned passivlely to be entertained. They just stare at a screen and…

  • Transform yourself: The power of learning piano

    We live in a strange world. Lots of drama, lots of distractions — many of them on social media platforms. Lots of divisions between people based on social, economic, racial, and political achievements and values. Lots of fear, lots of drama…and lots of unhappiness (to use only a mild word). How can learning the piano…

  • The struggles of self-learning students looking for help

    There are people out there who learned to play a little using YouTube, through self-instruction and watching videos. This shows great initiative, but most of them start to feel the limitations of this approach soon enough, and instead look for a live teacher to help them over these limitations. They will surely experience them, as…