| Every child has a dream to be somebody. There are | | | | been used by anyone that knows how powerful it |
| those that dream to be firefighters, nurses and | | | | can be. |
| sports players, but then there are those that want | | | | Make a habit of daily practice and apply what you |
| to dedicate their lives to playing music. Wanting to | | | | learn from books. Starting out on the piano can feel |
| play and master an instrument with eighty-eight keys | | | | unfamiliar and awkward. But it's a very natural |
| is a bold and difficult dream attain. But there's just | | | | sensation to have. Slowly your fingers will feel more |
| something about playing the piano that draws people | | | | comfortable and each time you sit at the keyboard it |
| to it. Perhaps its appeal is its versatility, since it is | | | | will feel more natural. It doesn't matter if you play |
| capable of creating all types of music styles including | | | | badly, don't be scared to get in front of the piano. |
| pop, rock, jazz, classical and country. | | | | Practically everybody begins playing badly. |
| Even as a beginner discovers how to play piano | | | | If you're beginning to play the piano, invest in at least |
| chords it's natural for them to feel an emotional | | | | a keyboard if you can't afford a piano. Secondhand |
| connection. There's just something rather tactile and | | | | electric keyboards are also fine provided they're in |
| involving that makes the piano really just an | | | | good condition. If you plan to get a piano at a later |
| extension of your body. The players that become | | | | date it's better to buy a keyboard with weighted |
| good are the ones that play the piano with a passion. | | | | keys. Weighted keys can give the feeling of playing |
| Progress can be slow sometimes, especially when | | | | on a real piano in comparison to cheaper keyboards. |
| you're just starting out, but it's important to | | | | Whether you decide to get a piano later of have a |
| persevere. Even the most talented pianists began at | | | | chance to play one, the transition from weighted |
| the bottom and had to make their way up. It's only | | | | keys will make it less noticeable. Piano players dislike |
| through regular practice that these greats became | | | | synthesizer type keys as they can feel unnatural and |
| who they are. | | | | too mechanical. Ideally you want to get as much |
| Once you review how to play piano chords and | | | | practice on a real piano as possible but keyboards do |
| know where to place your fingers mentally, it's | | | | have their advantages. |
| imperative to get on the keyboard or piano. | | | | For one, you can control the volume and even wear |
| Practicing chords mentally is a great way to catch up | | | | headphones; great for keeping the neighbors happy. |
| and review technique when a piano is not available. | | | | They have built in metronomes which are essential |
| It's essential to make visualizations as vivid as | | | | for keeping rhythm and time. If you know nothing |
| possible. See yourself sitting in front of a piano and | | | | about tuning pianos, then you don't have to worry |
| feel your fingers on the keys. It's no secret that the | | | | about that with a keyboard. Another good point, is |
| practice of visualizations is a powerful tool which is | | | | that keyboards are portable, making them easy to |
| used by many professionals in various fields including | | | | transport. A piano is still a better choice despite the |
| golfers, soccer players, sprinters and musicians. The | | | | advantages of a keyboard. Most pianists would agree |
| use of mental visualizations is an age old tool that has | | | | that a piano is just incomparable. |