30Aug 2021 by Shelly Davis
PPP256: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 1 “The Original Piano Guy”

PPP256: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 1 “The Original Piano Guy”

Music HIstory, Musical Mystery, Podcast
In the style of Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It” and Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” this episode of the Piano Parent Podcast brings you the backstory of a musician or song or a moment in music history. I use these musical mysteries to tell you something you might not know about someone or something that is somewhat familiar; in this case, I will tell you the story of the person I am calling "The Original Piano Guy". Listen to the full episode here Happy September!!! Did you know that September is National Piano Month? I tried to find out how these things are decided or why September was chosen for this special honor but I came up empty. I did discover this, in 1991, the National Piano Foundation selected…
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01Mar 2021 by Shelly Davis
PPP230: Ten Things I Bet You Didn’t Know About Your Piano

PPP230: Ten Things I Bet You Didn’t Know About Your Piano

Podcast, Tenth Episode List
The month of March hosts a very special day for piano players. March 29, 2021, is the 88th day of the year!Last week's episode gave all the fun details of how we are going to celebrate leading up to this special day. If you haven't listened to PPP229 yet, be sure to catch it when you're done with this episode. We've got a fun practice incentive that will last the whole month of March: We're playing BINGO!!If you haven't already seen it on my Instagram feed, you can find all the details at www.pianoparentpodcast.com/march (Fun fact: Listening to TODAY's episode is one of the squares on the card! After you listen here, go download your free BINGO card. You're already ahead of the game!)Today, we're playing another little game called,…
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16Apr 2018 by Shelly Davis
PPP088: This One is Dedicated to the Piano, of course!

PPP088: This One is Dedicated to the Piano, of course!

Podcast
How could Episode 88 be about anything other than the instrument that brings us together every week? The piano! Listen to the full episode here Resources on the history of the piano: We first told you about a book explaining the history of the piano in Episode 080: Ten Books to Read with Your Piano Kid"The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano" by Elizabeth Rusch.The Metropolitan Museum: The Pianos of Bartolomeo Cristofori  Resources on the design of the modern piano:Steinway & Sons About Page"Every STEINWAY & SONS grand and upright is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and a consummate work of art. Each STEINWAY piano, consisting of more than 12,000 individual parts, has its own musical character and is as unique as the individual who plays it."Steinway & Sons Artists Profiles I am not a piano expert but I found…
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