Welcome to The Independent Pianist Circle. We're thrilled to have you! The goal of this space is to help you stop practising alone and build connections with other learning pianists like you. And this helps you to improve your playing! Your First Task: Introduce Yourself It is completely understandable to feel a bit of resistance when joining a community of musicians. Try to ignore that voice. We're all in the same boat here, and we just want to get to know you! Drop a comment on this post to introduce yourself (you can use the template below if you want). Also, attach a photo of your current piano setup! Hi! My name's __________ and I'm based in __________. I'm currently working on __________, but outside of the piano, I love to __________. Welcome to the Circle! 🎹 P.S. Go to this link for your first steps for getting started: https://www.skool.com/the-self-taught-pianist-circle-7074/classroom/2a8184c9?md=887e605c9176458988e269e821fcee00 P.P.S. You're a musician. Craving some music? If you're on the website, go to the search bar at the top and type "Let there be cat". Thank me later :)

Hi everyone! Despite being on holiday right now, I went back to Oxford over the past few days to get some coursework done. It was a pretty intense few days, so I'm quite behind on my admin! My apologies if this has affected you in any way. Just so you're aware, my exams will probably start around mid-May and will hopefully finish by early June. There may be one or two weeks without lessons for those of you who are having them. Honestly, I'm quite looking forward to the exams, or more specifically, the period after their completion! Just wanted to keep everyone updated. Thanks for your patience!

Hi everyone! I would love to put on a 7-day challenge for you. It would be a course-like structure with opportunities to keep the community updated as you work through it. I want this challenge to provide new members with immediate value as well. So, I ask you, what was the most helpful concept that got you FROM feeling stuck, lost, or confused TO empowered to make real progress by yourself with clarity, structure, and direction? I've given some ideas below, but please also comment to say more. Thanks, everyone! Looking forward to launching this challenge soon.

In my most recent lesson with Benedict, he taught me about the ‘major minor’ chords (minor triad with a major 7th sometimes plus a 9th) that often show up in Bond soundtracks. So very interesting that with my first listen through Raye’s brand new album, it comes up several times! It’s almost as if she did it on purpose for my education- so thanks Raye! Anyone else had a listen and can find the major minor chords?

Benedict suggested I posted my practice notes... just finished a practice and here are my notes for the last few days