| Did you know that the initial steps of learning how to | | | | just learn slowly at your own pace. |
| play piano are very important? The importance of | | | | Another initial step of learning how to play the piano |
| these initial steps will be highlighted in the rest of this | | | | that you must be aware of is your posture. How you |
| article. Many beginner piano players rush in head first | | | | sit at the piano is very important. The position that you |
| into learning how to play scales and chords and | | | | sit at should be similar to how you sit at a desk in front |
| skipping over the initial steps. | | | | of a computer. You need to ensure that your back is |
| So what are these initial steps? In my opinion there are | | | | straight and that you don't hunch over. Hunching over |
| a few steps that we need to get right from the get | | | | will cause problems in your back in the future. |
| go. They are to get the right training method that suits | | | | The problem with playing on the piano is that you are |
| you, posture when sitting at the piano and allocating | | | | sitting in roughly the same spot for long periods of time. |
| time to practising how to play the piano. | | | | You hands should be in a position similar to that of |
| If these steps aren't sorted out right from the beginning | | | | typing on a keyboard. You should imagine holding an |
| then your future of becoming a great piano player is | | | | egg in the palm of your hand when you are playing the |
| hindered right from the start. | | | | piano. Your fingers should be curved and lie nicely on |
| So where exactly do we find the right training method | | | | the keyboard. Playing with straight fingers is pretty |
| that suits you? In my opinion there are two ways to | | | | tricky. |
| going about this step. You either go online or offline. | | | | I believe that your posture is very important when it |
| Offline training methods are essentially traditional | | | | comes to learning to play with the piano. If you want to |
| tutorials with a piano teacher who teaches you how to | | | | continue to learn and play for years to come then get |
| play piano. In most cases you will travel to the piano | | | | your posture right from the beginning. |
| teacher's house and you learn on their piano. | | | | The final initial step which I am going to discuss is |
| The piano teacher will charge a certain fee per lesson | | | | allocating time to practising. Many people think that you |
| and usually ranges from $30 to $60 an hour. Yes, the | | | | can learn all about playing the piano overnight. Yes, you |
| prices are pretty high and you will need to have deep | | | | might be able to play a quick song or two but learning |
| pockets if you want continual training from them. Online | | | | to play it properly requires months of practise. You |
| methods of learning how to play piano on the other | | | | need to allocate yourself time to learn. Give yourself |
| hand cost a lot less and in most cases only charge a | | | | an hour or two everyday. |
| once off fee of roughly $50-$100. | | | | In conclusion, learning how to play the piano initially can |
| The great thing about online learning methods are that | | | | be difficult. I have just discussed a few initial steps |
| the material is readily available and you can learn | | | | which you must get right from the very beginning so |
| anytime you wish. There are essentially no time | | | | that you can learn playing the piano the correct way. |
| barriers and learning in my opinion is a lot more rapid. | | | | Remember lots of practise is the key. Sit properly and |
| You can skip ahead to things that interest you more or | | | | have a look at taking online lessons. |