Sunday, July 10, 2011

Learn To Play Piano

By Andy Penbram


There have frequently been a lot of home learning courses on how to learn to play piano and for lots of other instruments too but the last few years saw an uprise in the quantity of people who learn piano online due to the large amount home study piano courses available. To learn piano online has its benefits and disadvantages but in general it can be a really good way to get started, if all goes well you'll find a professional piano teacher later to go onto more advanced levels of playing.

Personal Piano Teachers

There are lots of advantages to going to a personal piano teacher rather than learning how to play the piano at home alone but there are many drawbacks. In general it can be rather limiting having a teacher as the lessons are usually hour long sessions attended once a week. The advantages of having a teacher are that you have a person around who will be in a position to show you any blunders in your playing style or posture and who will give you continuing constructive comments on a regular basis. You also have the benefit of being able to get one on one attention and critiques on your playing every week. There are quite a few disadvantages as well , you are constrained as to what you can learn as most teachers will not let you select the music or the style you want to play. At the absolute best you must select the teacher for the style they teach and few are flexible and teach multiple styles. With a home learning course you can progress at your own rate and will learn not only the best way to read music and play classical pieces but also the easy way to play by ear and how to play jazz, blues gospel for example.

What are the benefits of learning the piano online?

Flexibility is one of the main reasons why a lot of folk learn piano on the internet. There's no going to your teacher's piano studio week in week out and you can take your lessons when ever you feel like it. This may free up an individual to be able to practice when and how much is convenient and when they are ready for the following lesson they can progress when necessary regardless of if it has been more than a week or less.

It is much less expensive to master the piano online using a home study course than it is taking standard piano classes from a pro piano teacher. The money for the classes needs to be paid weekly and some teachers will even insist firmly on being paid even if you don't show up. You can download an online piano course for around the same cost as just one or two classes with a private teacher which will give you generally equivalent to roughly a years worth of lessons.

When you opt to learn piano online and you download your distance learning course you no longer will have to stress about going to your weekly lessons. Nor do you have to be bothered about getting stuck on uninspiring lessons that do not interest you. Your progress will be absolutely under your control and you will be able to move thru the lessons in the course at the pace which is most comfortable for you.

Learning like this places you absolutely in control of your learning process. You can quickly skim over the lessons that are simple for you and you can spend a little more time on the ones that require more of your attention to perfect. Your progress is in your own hands and you decide what sort of time to spend on each lesson and when to do it.

You can have loads of fun learning the piano online as it could be a great stress free way to learn with out having to worry about the next lesson and about completing practice schedules for it. If needed at a later date when you are more proficient you might think about taking at least a few lessons with a regular teacher just to make sure you are on the right track and have not picked up any nasty habits.




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