https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yv6uVl2OEkI I’ve talked a lot before about avoiding tension, and ways to alleviate it when you’re...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JILyoClNiRY I've talked before about varying rhythms for rapid passagework ( https://www.youtube.com/short...

I’ve talked before about subtracting notes in order to make practice easier (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YH9J0vx-0qg), but you can...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NHenwYXRxAk How often do you take form into consideration when you play a piece? It may seem like an...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PEoYefo2sDc One thing I swear I tell my students every week is “don’t reach for notes.” I always insist...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U86hYXuEV7k Still having trouble with rapid passagework? Well, if you haven’t checked out my tip on...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wDPomPaNZ7c Pianists are told from the get-go to curve their fingers - and that’s exactly how they’re...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XipwvR68nQM I tell a lot of my students that playing fingers 1, 2, and 3 is easy stuff; we’re used to...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jELdytFUsTA On a given day of practice, how much do you think about muscle memory? Honestly, it’s...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/umLUj3lOzWA Sing any good melodies lately? This tip might be scary for those shower singers or hummers:...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YH9J0vx-0qg For us pianists, it’s sometimes easy to look at a passage and think, “How the heck do I...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YSgP54OHi-A See that f written in the music? What if it actually read fffff? As musicians, we have a lot...

How well do you know what you play? Sure, you might have it down-pat, maybe even memorized; but do you know where each and every finger...

A common mantra for practice is to always take difficult passages slowly; but what happens when you speed it up? Many of my previous...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sn3nIu4p9cY One of the largest problems that pianists face (and rarely address) is tension. I’ve mostly...

Hello! My name is Evan McAuley, and I’m so excited to be sharing my pianistic journey with you. I am a recent graduate of Ohio...