Category archives: Articles

Learning and Teaching Tools

Off the Keys — Piano Practice Tips for Adults Listening – This one is obvious but easily overlooked. Find a professional recording of each piano song you are learning and make a p[...]

Halloween Sheet Music

Enjoy Sheet Music for Halloween! Hallowe'en Dance - Hans Engelmann Funeral March - Frederic Chopin Creak, Crunch, Scream! - David Bruce The Haunted House - Irving Berlin [...]

October Featured Piano

YAMAHA U1 PROFESSIONAL UPRIGHT Check out this new arrival to our showroom! The Yamaha U1 is a favorite of serious players and teachers alike due to its outstanding durability, [...]

Composer's Corner - Alexander Siloti

Alexander Ilyich Siloti (Ziloti) (October 9, 1863 - December 8 1945) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography: Siloti was born on his father's estate near Kharkiv,[...]

August Marks 30 Years for Mid-America Piano, LLC

GREETINGS, PIANO FRIENDS! As Mid-America Piano celebrates 30 years in business, we realize it is because of our valued customers, teachers and technicians that we have reached thi[...]

This Is Your Brain On Music

How music enters the brain, and what it does when it gets there...

'Treemonisha' as It Was Intended To Be

Scott Joplin is best known for his jaunty piano rags, including "The Entertainer," "Solace" (works later featured on the soundtrack to the 1973 film "The Sting") and, above all, "T[...]

COMPOSER'S CORNER - Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin (c. 1868 – 1917) Joplin's Legacy Scott Joplin played an essential role in the development of ragtime music. His work also laid the groundwork for jazz, anothe[...]

Sheet Music

Enjoy sheet music to some of the most famous patriotic songs in America! You're a Grand Old Flag - George M. Cohan Star Spangled Banner The 1812 Overture - Pyotr Tchaikovsky Go[...]

Shifting the Focus of Piano Lessons

Teaching a Varied Lesson = More Focused Students Piano teachers often fall into one of two traps: 1) We try to be so amazingly fun and full of activities and ideas that we miss ou[...]