Encouragement to Play the Piano

What Happens if We Haven’t Played the Piano in Years

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While I spend a lot of time talking about retirees who want to learn to play the piano, I don’t often talk about those retirees who want to learn to play the piano again. I’m talking about those people who learned to play the piano when they were young and then for whatever reason they get … Read more

What To Do If You Have No Motivation To Practice

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Some days it can feel a bit blah and the motivation could be missing entirely, so you don’t actually feel like practicing. First of all, we have all been there. I certainly remember as a kid that there would be days I didn’t feel like practicing at all. You are not alone in your motivation. … Read more

What To Do If You Feel Like Quitting

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We all feel like quitting from time to time. I think it is part of human nature to want to give up and quit. There can be circumstances or surprises that life throws our way that makes it feel like it is all too hard to continue. So quitting seems like the logical choice. As … Read more

Limitations Don’t Mean the End of Playing the Piano

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Even though I am not of retirement age yet, one thing I very much understand is that as we get older, out bodies can’t quite do the same things they used to do when they were younger. Unfortunately, the older we get, the more physical limitations we get. However, I’d like to think that while … Read more

How Well Should You Be Able to Play the Piano

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At what standard do you need to be able to achieve in order to be able to consider yourself able to play the piano? The answer to this question very much depends on how far you would like to progress and how much would be personally satisfying. There are some adults that just want to … Read more

Why Feel Guilty For Not Practicing?

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It is very important to practice, because if we don’t practice, we don’t know how to play the piano. This is also true of every other instrument – if you don’t practice, you can’t play the instrument. As you know, this is true about so many things in life – If you don’t practice and … Read more

When People Have Unrealistic Expectations When You Tell Them You Have Taken Up Learning to Play the Piano

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Some people can be quite weird when you tell them that you have started learning to play the piano. Some people might rudely scoff or find all sorts of reasons why you won’t be able to learn to play the piano. There are also some people that expect you to be able to play anything … Read more