Play Piano Fluently

09/03/2026

This lesson takes you through the steps to develop some improvising skills over 2 gorgeous chords and a delicious, flowing, elastic groove. Truly expressing our deep feelings with music is something that is very important in todays world. Connecting with the deep source of meaning and losing our fear and expressive inhibitions can open up a musical realm that is incredibly powerful.

This lesson takes you through the steps to develop some improvising skills over 2 gorgeous chords and a delicious, flowing, elastic groove. Truly expressing ...

11/10/2025

In this video, I explain why fluency can be so elusive, even for students who grasp the model and practise focusing on it. Music expresses inner feelings and we often believe that the permission to express them is denied. We can feel embarrassed, silly, or we might just perform over them inauthentically. To become fluent in any language requires that we express ourselves unselfconsciously. Music is no exception.

In this video, I explain why fluency can be so elusive, even for students who grasp the model and practise focusing on it. Music expresses inner feelings and...

18/07/2025

In this video, I explore two very different kinds of artistic creativity: aesthetic creativity and what I call true creativity. Aesthetic creativity is drive...

14/07/2025

In this video, I explore a surprising but important truth: the desire to play music well—to impress, to achieve, to be perfect—can actually stand in the way ...

11/06/2025

Struggling to make syncopated rhythms feel stable, flowing and cool? Whether you're a drummer, instrumentalist, or vocalist, performing off-beat rhythms with...

30/01/2025

To fully internalize the language of music in order to become a fully fluent musician, you must find the mindset of a child to be full of awe and wonder. The music we practise in this state is unsophisticated, yet it feels very deep and powerful, especially in the early stages when the language used must be very simple. To do this, we must let go of our adult musical taste and the associated repertoire, styles and genres, as well as any theoretical ideas of what music is or how it functions, and focus on the very simple model of musical language that I teach, practising in a pure, playful, unselfconscious state, like a small child.

https://playpianofluently.com/ | https://resonantflow.com/ To fully internalize the language of music in order to become a fully fluent musician, you must fi...

02/12/2024

Confidence is the most important asset you can have when doing music (maybe when doing anything). The key to musical confidence is to find genuine, honest self-expression. This takes courage and compassion!

https://playpianofluently.com/ Confidence is the most important asset you can have when doing music (maybe when doing anything). The key to musical confidenc...

30/10/2024

https://philbestmusic.com/ In this piece, "Darkest Before Dawn", I use the poetic structure of the rhythmic matrix or groove to generate a powerful feeling o...

01/09/2024

How to practise to make your playing rhythmically flowing and stable can be quite a conundrum. People often struggle to feel confident that they're playing the correct rhythm and they tend to worry about going out of time. Often they resort to practising with a metronome and try to be perfectly in time but this just leads to more problems, tension and stiff unmusical playing. In this short video, I explain how to approach improving your rhythm and developing a strong sense of musical pulse and metre. Put these 7 keys to good rhythm into practice and you'll find that playing with great rhythm can be easy and natural.

https://playpianofluently.com/ How to practise to make your playing rhythmically flowing and stable can be quite a conundrum. People often struggle to feel c...

20/08/2024

Read the story of Play Piano Fluently creator Phil Best's journey to musical fluency as child at https://playpianofluently.com/my-story/ 🎹