| 1> | | | | First off we will want to sit a little more towards the |
| Learning how to play piano can often be a | | | | front of the chair and keep a straight back. This sole |
| misunderstood phrase. Is the process of learning the | | | | task is all we need to focus on at this time. Keep it |
| piano something easy to accomplish? | | | | simple, practice it, and get used to it. |
| Teach yourself piano can often be a misunderstood | | | | Once used to this and comfortable with it, we add a |
| phrase. Is learning the piano really something that is | | | | little more to our posture. For the next part, we need |
| easy to do? Overall, it can easily seem and feel like a | | | | to put our feet just a little extended in front of our |
| complex undertaking for people that are new. If we | | | | knees while we keep it flat on the floor. It should be |
| simplify things however, learning the piano can seem | | | | noted that we should be accustomed and comfortable |
| much more attainable. | | | | with the task in the paragraph prior to this by the time |
| So how do we make something simple? | | | | we get here. It should be fairly clear at this point how |
| Normally a large overview of everything necessary | | | | we simplify our tasks. |
| for a particular task can only serve to complicate | | | | I could have said and described the proper position and |
| matters. Details can be a great thing, but for them to | | | | angle for everything necessary regarding the proper |
| be effective, the right place and time is necessary. For | | | | posture while playing the piano. This would only serve |
| us to achieve easy piano lessons while we're in this | | | | to complicate the matter. It can make the task a bit |
| learning stage, it will be necessary to make the | | | | difficult to execute and get started by trying to be too |
| concepts as general as possible. | | | | perfect. |
| Let us use the correct posture while sitting at a piano | | | | Working on a step by step basis is also part of making |
| for our example. Sitting in a certain way will allow us to | | | | beginning piano lessons be a possibility as we have |
| be comfortable yet effective. It spans from the sitting | | | | done. The relatively small bits of information we apply |
| position on the seat, the elbows, height, back, feet, and | | | | with a simple step based approach will help us to learn |
| a handful of other things. There are specific and | | | | and understand the information more effectively. |
| detailed ways for each of these to be done. | | | | Once these simple things are done and practiced, we |
| This can be simplified by making the entire concept as | | | | can gradually add the details and refine what we do. |
| general as possible. All we really need to know is | | | | By the time we reach this point, the basics have |
| when at a piano, we will want to have a good posture. | | | | become second nature and all of the fine details will |
| To begin with the correct posture, we shall now go | | | | become far easier to add to the things we have |
| through a process of simplification. | | | | learned already. |