| Learning how to play piano is something that a lot of | | | | up straight. |
| people want to do. Many people choose drums or | | | | Many beginners start off by hiring a piano tutor and |
| guitar and there are some that choose the piano as | | | | taking lessons. These days I disagree with this learning |
| their instrument of choice. I learnt how to play piano | | | | method and recommend people give online learning a |
| when I was young. | | | | go instead. Online learning allows you to learn at your |
| Starting young is a great thing when learning how to | | | | own pace and the cost of learning is a lot cheaper and |
| play piano. This way when you make mistakes, you | | | | more cost effective. |
| can fix these up faster because your brain learns a lot | | | | Learning how to play piano online has kind of taken off |
| faster when you are young. A lot of learning comes at | | | | these past few years and many are already doing so. |
| a early age. | | | | Access to online material 24/7 and learning at your |
| One common mistake that beginners make is buying a | | | | pace are two key advantages that learning online |
| piano that is cheap and doesn't sound right or play right. | | | | offers. |
| Cheap pianos are cheap because the quality isn't as | | | | Another key mistake that beginners make is that they |
| high and the sound of it is probably off on some notes. | | | | don't practise enough. Practise makes perfect and you |
| I'm not asking you to get the most expensive one | | | | have do it regularly. Practising once every Friday just |
| there is, but getting something over $1000 should be | | | | doesn't cut it. Unless we are super smart and have a |
| around right. A $50 piano just doesn't cut it. | | | | natural gifted talent then practising is a must for |
| Another mistake that a lot of people make when they | | | | everyone. |
| first start off learning how to play piano is their posture. | | | | The importance of practise can't be stressed enough. |
| Slouching over the keys is not good for your back and | | | | Also learning with a metronome is vital to learning to |
| if you stuff up your posture from the beginning it is | | | | play with the correct tempo. Every piano piece has a |
| hard to fix later on in life. You want to sit up straight | | | | tempo assigned to it. It is written at the start of the |
| and in a comfortable position. | | | | piece and you should try to practise playing with the |
| Sitting at a piano is similar to sitting at a desk in front of | | | | correct tempo. |
| a keyboard and typing on it. The correct position for | | | | Playing with the correct tempo is very important. A |
| sitting at the piano, should be to have the back straight | | | | mistake that a lot of people make is learning without |
| and your hands rested nicely on the keys. Your arms | | | | the metronome. They believe that they are playing the |
| should be roughly level with the ground and you should | | | | right tempo but in actual fact they are totally off. |
| have your fingers in a curled position. | | | | In conclusion, there are few common mistakes that |
| When playing the piano you should think that you are | | | | people make when learning how to play piano. Don't |
| palming an egg or orange and your fingers shouldn't be | | | | get caught out with these mistakes. Fix your mistakes |
| straight. I don't know how you would end up playing | | | | early and remember to practise playing piano as much |
| with straight fingers but I don't recommend you doing | | | | as you can. The mistakes that I have described can |
| so. Your posture is very important because you can | | | | be avoided quite easily. Now that you know about |
| cause yourself serious long term injury if you don't sit | | | | them, you can avoid them with ease. |