Tag Archives: Musical Instincts

Piano as a Percussive Instrument-Embellish Your Playing! Sonny demonstrates some quick techniques for embellishing and playing the piano more rhythmically.

See more videos http://PianoYogaTV.com Sonny demonstrates some of his Piano Yoga Techniques for connecting to the piano. Here he shows how to play the strings of the piano with your hands and fingers. He also demonstrates a away to create … Continue reading →

Visit http://www.PianoYogaTV.com for more video tips. Here Sonny demonstrates some  piano yoga and breathing techniques for connecting to your muscian within, and tells a story about the great avant garde music composer John Cage.

Piano playing has many healing and therapeutic benefits. In some ways it’s similar to ultra-sound therapy which sends sound vibrations into your body, relaxing muscles and increasing circulation. It gets your energy flowing and gives results similar to meditation, acupuncture … Continue reading →

Sonny talks about how trying to be perfect when playing the piano interferes with achieving your full potential. He also speaks about how to achieve true success and happiness at the piano and empasizes breathing, relaxing and being non-competitive.

Use What You Know It’s not how much you know but how you use what you know…. … is an idea that very much applies to piano playing. You don’t need a PhD in music theory to successfully play piano. … Continue reading →

[Welcome to Sonny’s Piano Yoga TV New Website. http://www.PianoYogaTV.com Here you will find videos that will help you to play the piano using yoga principles and piano improvisation tips.

When you start finding the groove…. or how to flow on the piano you will find it will spill over into other aspects of your life….Actually when you find the groove, flow, zone in any arena of life it spills … Continue reading →

Breathing….. When playing the piano, try taking some slow, steady, deep breaths. You will find your ability to concentrate and flow will instantly increase and you will also find immediate improvement in your velocity and eye-hand coordination. Try taking several … Continue reading →

I first incorporated the term “Piano Yoga” into my piano teaching approach back in 2004 when I published my first DVD Kit which is copyrighted with the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA. The DVD Kit was called for lack of a … Continue reading →