How to Learn Piano

Tips and Advice for Adult Beginners

Whatever your reasons, there are two main ways how to learn piano; you can either teach yourself piano or start lessons with a teacher.

Teach Yourself Piano

There are also piano learning software that can help you learn faster.

Why teach yourself?

Teaching yourself is a good idea, when you have limited time for a regular lesson time, if money is tight, or if there are no piano teachers where you live.

There are many ways how to learn piano by yourself, for example:

• You can begin right away and get a really great teach-yourself-piano method like Learn and Master Piano. This course is one of the best online piano courses today.

• You can also teach yourself to play piano by ear which means picking out tunes and harmonies from memory or from a recording, and learn to play without note reading.

• You can make up your own pieces and improvise whatever you feel like!

• You could learn to play piano chords ; playing chords is a fun and fast way to learn to play the piano by yourself.

Starting Piano Lessons with a Teacher

There are different kinds of lessons available; for example with different styles of music.

You can choose between group/class or individual lessons.

Even online "long distance" lessons, which is a relatively new approach.

Private piano lessons:

Starting piano lessons with a teacher can be a good idea to get a push in the right direction.

You can choose between private one-on-one teaching, either in your own home or at the teachers place or studio. Here are some tips on how to find a piano teacher.

Online piano lessons: An interesting new option offered by some piano teachers is online long distance piano lessons.

"Tailor" your lessons: You can discuss with the piano teacher if you would like only a few lessons, maybe even sporadically. In my piano studio, I offer my adult students various options;

• 5 lessons cycles, where they can decide whether to continue for another set of lessons or not.
• Drop-in lessons to help in the process of pieces they are working on themselves, as well as
• lessons where we only focus on a particular topic, like how to learn piano chords, or how to read piano notes for those who like to work mostly on their own.

Even if many prefer regular once per week lessons, it is good to know that this is not the only way. Work out a plan with your piano teacher so that it suits you!

Group Lessons: Another fun option is piano lessons for adults classes, where you meet in a group setting. Fun, and a chance to meet new friends, as well as an in-built motivation booster - you don't want to show up unprepared ;).

Piano Camp

In the camp you will have a lot of fun of course, and work intensively with your playing with different piano teachers in individual lessons as well as master classes. You will also prepare to perform and get a lot of practice in how to dare to do so!

Other Resources

How To Learn Piano?

What is the best way to learn to play piano? By yourself or with a teacher? Can you actually teach yourself? What is the best advice to someone who wants to start learning piano? What do you think? Share it!

Here are some other links you may enjoy:

• For free sheet music for beginners, have a look at my online recommendations.

• For free classical music, from about level 1, just print and play (or practice!) go here.

• Great sites with free popular sheet music for piano.

• Ideas on how to practice piano effectively.

• Recommendations of great piano software.

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