Where Piano Playing Retirees Get Information and Encouragement
I find it frustrating at times when I meet people that want to learn to play the piano and will find all sorts of excuses. I’m not talking about those people that have never thought about it before meeting me and finding out that I am a piano teacher. I’m talking about the people that … Read more
Over the years I have met quite a number of people that play the piano by ear. I must admit that I am somewhat envious of people who can play the piano by ear because I have never done it – it certainly is not natural to me at all. As it is a skill … Read more
Learning to play the piano should be an activity that is taken up because a person would like to play the piano. Learning to play the piano as an adult really shouldn’t have any other reason. Playing the piano has physical benefits, the number one being maintaining or even building fine motor skills. This is … Read more
There are all sorts of online piano course that teach you to play the piano by chords, which is a perfectly valid way of learning to play the piano. From what I gather they teach you about various rhythms that you can use but what I have not picked up from their advertising is how … Read more
I haven’t thought that I am overly opinionated, in fact I pride myself on being a fair and reasonable person, but I must confess that every time I see an ad on Facebook for a ‘Learn to Play the Piano’ course, I get really irritated and automatically assume that it is probably not that good. … Read more
Learning to play a piece of piano music is hard to pin down because there are just so many factors that have an influence on how long it takes a person to learn to play a piece of music. How frequently someone practices and how long a person has been playing for are two of … Read more
I recently got a comment from someone who was refuting my claim that anyone could learn to read music. He mentioned that despite something like 8 teachers over 10 years couldn’t get him learning to read music. First of all, that is some serious dedication and effort and clearly the issue was not an incompetent … Read more