| When considering learning the piano, there are various | | | | piano in the shortest possible time, getting you |
| methods available to you. Do you go out and take | | | | playing straight away. You will quickly be playing |
| formal lessons with a tutor? Seems a good idea, but | | | | popular rhythms and pieces you hear on the radio |
| such one to one training can be costly. You could | | | | every day, so that you can immediately begin to feel |
| grab a handful of books and see how it goes? Again, | | | | confident about your ability to conquer the magical |
| you may get there eventually, but it lacks motivation | | | | instrument that is the piano. Online lessons will include |
| and can be hard to gauge how you are progressing. | | | | memory tricks and formulas to speed up the learning |
| You could look at a modern way of learning the | | | | process. Remember that learning piano is meant to |
| piano - online lessons. These give you the benefits of | | | | be fun - and doing it this way certainly is! |
| one to one training at an affordable price (via tutor | | | | After this foundation has been laid, you will find that |
| feedback and support), plus the addition of visual and | | | | it supplements the subsequent skills you attain as you |
| audio learning modules. | | | | go through the course. The fact that you have |
| So - if you have decided to start your journey along | | | | gained some confidence by proving to yourself that |
| the road to mastering piano or keyboards via an | | | | you can play (and have heard the results) will help as |
| online course, what sort of structure can you expect | | | | you do move on to sight reading, and experimenting |
| it to take? | | | | with various styles of music, from classical to jazz, |
| Traditionally, piano tuition has begun with | | | | and all points in-between. All this becomes easier |
| sight-reading, where you sit down at the keyboard | | | | utilising the knowledge and experience you have |
| and begin to learn compositions from musical notation. | | | | already gained with chords, rhythms and basic |
| However, this can be extremely laborious, seem like | | | | harmony. |
| hard work (when one of the reasons you wanted to | | | | Of course, learning the piano is a serious business |
| learn in the first place was because you thought it | | | | whatever method of tuition you choose, and there is |
| would be fun) and, well...boring. This is where many | | | | no denying that some blood, sweat and tears may |
| newcomers fall at the first hurdle. Many sight-readers | | | | be spilt along the way. But if you are looking for the |
| never gain an understanding of how to play by ear - | | | | path of least resistance when learning piano, online |
| or how the music they read is originally constructed. | | | | lessons provide the choice most likely to provide |
| Believe me, a much more exciting, and beneficial, way | | | | some fun along the way. Let's face it, if you are |
| is to reverse tradition and initially build a solid | | | | enjoying yourself, it is more likely you will stick with it |
| foundation using chords. This allows you to learn | | | | and achieve the results you wanted. |