| This description is of a person competent on their | | | | television, the newspapers, and the internet allows the |
| instrument. | | | | mind to relax. Focusing on the learning and perfecting |
| But, let's say, the instrument is new. A piano or | | | | of the new skill of playing the piano takes time. |
| keyboard has been purchased or received as a gift | | | | Scheduling time with the piano to learn those new skills |
| with the stress relief issue as the focus. Is it really | | | | can be rewarding, productive and stress relieving. |
| possible to relieve stress while learning to play the | | | | Learning to play the piano using the pentatonic or |
| piano? The answer is a resounding yes. | | | | five-note method is a positive and immediately |
| The person with a new piano is always in awe of their | | | | successful way to learn to play the piano. This method |
| instrument and is anxious to coax beautiful songs from | | | | does not create additional stress in your life as you |
| it. They can hardly wait to leave the cares of the | | | | learn the new skill. Instead, it provides ways to relieve |
| workplace, home and family behind and bury | | | | stress. The approach encourages playing of songs |
| themselves in exploring the new instrument. The piano | | | | from the first lesson and encourages practice of those |
| is new, exciting, challenging and something a person | | | | songs anywhere - on your desk when you need a |
| has made a conscious choice to explore. The niggling | | | | quick five-minute break after a stressful meeting at |
| stresses of the workplace start to disappear as the | | | | work, on your steering wheel as you wait in traffic, and |
| person leaves the work world and enters a world of | | | | yes, on the piano for a relaxing evening. |
| creativity as they begin to explore the various sounds | | | | The method encourages exploration and creativity as |
| a piano can create. | | | | you learn the concepts of piano playing, it starts with |
| For the beginner more attuned to structure, learning the | | | | playing songs with both hands, and introduces the |
| process of note reading and the language of music | | | | language of music reading as technical skills and |
| can be another step in stress reduction. Immersing | | | | concepts become second-nature. Even learning to |
| oneself in this new language and the complexities of it | | | | play the piano can be a stress reliever and with the |
| do not allow the brain the luxury of dwelling on the | | | | pentatonic method you become a piano player quickly. |
| maddening sameness and stress of a work routine. | | | | You build a repertoire and an ease with the piano. So, |
| Spending time alone with the piano in the pursuit of a | | | | if you are in need of stress relief from the job, family |
| new skill can also help alleviate stress. Getting away | | | | demands, and life in general, start playing the piano |
| from bombardment of negativity provided by the | | | | today. |