When the coronavirus locked down the world, I tried to learn new skills (cooking, coding) but found that my brain was in no state to develop new routines. I would have to make do with my old ones. I ...

There can be any number of reasons why people take up learning a musical instrument. Personal enjoyment, self-expression, relaxation, not to mention several cognitive benefits, are all things that can ...

The most important principles of rhythm piano are listening and responding to the rest of the rhythm section. Being a great rhythm piano player is, in many ways, like being a great drummer. There’s ...

We revisit a 2016 interview when NPR's Robert Siegel spoke with actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin about a jazz album on which he plays piano despite no training. If you're tired of doom scrolling ...

ROLI, a U.K.-based music technology company, was founded in London in 2009 and is focused entirely on innovative keyboard products. New for 2025, the ROLI Piano and Airwave system is an A.I.-powered ...

“Docs, Photos and Drive, and Everything Live” should be the motto of Google’s online services when it comes to collaboration. The brand had made it easy for multiple people to access different files ...

In Mao’s China, pianos were destroyed as despised symbols of the bourgeoisie – but now an estimated 40m children are learning the instrument. What has changed? Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore investigates.

The piano, short for pianoforte, is a keyboard instrument made up of 52 white keys and 36 black keys. As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the ...