Piano for Adults:
The Best
Approaches for Learning
Learning piano for adults is much different than it is for children. Some adults think it is too late to learn - when it is not!
What children have on their side is a lot of time and parents to encourage practicing. What adults have is intellect and understanding plus motivation. It's a great combination.
My general recommendation for adults to learn piano is to take online lessons and to learn chords.
(Not sure what chords are? Read: What are Piano Chords?)
Why Chords?
To learn piano as an adult, you want to start playing as soon as
possible. Right? Learning to play by chords is fast. It's also very
flexible.
You can develop your own style of playing.
What are chords? They are groups of notes played together. You use
chords to play rock, pop, gospel, jazz, blues and other styles. (Just
not classical.)
Along with chords I do recommend learning to play from notes also. You
don't have to in order to play chords. But it's a very good thing to
know.
Why Online?
The reason I recommend online
piano lessons for adults is because they are fast, convenient
and good. Sometimes better than a private teacher.
With a teacher, you will learn the beginning concepts and then go home
and practice them for a week. And then do the same the next week. The
problem with this is that these early concepts don't take long to
master. Maybe 30 minutes of practice. Then you have a while to wait
until the next lesson.
Learning online let's you speed up (or down) as much as you want to.
Piano for adults should go quickly in the beginning. Adults have the
ability to understand and play songs sooner.
Online lessons are good and they are also less expensive than
private
lessons. One of my favourites to recommend, Rocket Piano, is less than $40.
I also want to note that many private teachers don't know that much
about chords. Most people who have taken and then teach piano lessons
focus on classical music.
There's nothing wrong with this. I just
consider learning chords the best approach in piano for adults.
Want to Learn Classical Piano?
If you would like to be able to
play classical music, you should study with a private teacher. Online
lessons can teach you the basics but classical piano needs to be
coached one-on-one.
Overall, piano for adults is about learning to do something creative
and enjoyable. It takes some growing and learning but you will love the
results!
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