Jack Mitchell Smith

New to learning piano? Make sure you read this blog for a first look at how to navigate the keyboard!

Learn how the musical stave and the piano keyboard are closely linked and how visualisation can help you read and learn better!

Can you play seventh chords on piano? Fancy learning? Read on...

Read about my recent piano playing for a wedding in Macclesfield!

Read more about the set I pulled together for my classical piano recital at a retirement village in Nantwich.

Improve your skill in finding the relative minor key from any major scale.

Learn about the structure of sonata form and how it can help you to better learn classical piano music.

Using simple pieces of piano music is a great way to widen your repertoire and to practice more! Don't neglect pieces that are beneath your standard!

Control your breathing whilst playing piano and you will play much better! Read on for tips...

Understanding what time signature means, why it is there and how to interpret it is essential to start reading music. Learn how here...

Tackle the fear of not being able to span many piano keys by using some simple 'rearranged' arpeggios to develop a little bit more hand span

Help your piano playing by learning how to incorporate discipline into your practice sessions, making you an all round better musician!

Have you made a New Year's Resolution yet? As pianists, we ought to focus on very specific ones to keep us going. Read on for inspiration...

It's too close to Christmas to learn anything new now, so just enjoy me showing off some festive piano instead! Merry Christmas!

Use Christmas as an excuse to ditch scales in your piano practice for the learning of a classic Christmas Carol!

If your hands don't feel comfortable when playing piano, have a read through this blog for some tips to help you develop more fluid playing.

Chords I, IV and V are so useful when it comes to playing and writing music. Learn how to find them and how to use them!

We’ve done the bulk of the work! You can play the exercise from your book. Perhaps a study piece. Or maybe you’ve been working on an...

Not everything designed to help you is a bonus. Don't be tempted to try and progress your learning using one of these!

Train your ear to hear the differences between major and minor tonality using simple pentascales as a starting point!