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Friday, September 2, 2011

Learning The Piano

By Andy Penbram


Here is some info for any amateur piano player who needs to move onto more advanced piano lessons and actually master the piano or keyboards. This can be a journey from beginners level passing thru intermediate and advanced levels till eventually arriving at true master piano player level. On this path there are unhappily too many scholars who never get past the 1st most principal beginners level.

The first levels of piano or keyboard playing can be grouped into two separate kinds, folks who learn how to read music and those that learn how to play by ear without music. The beginner piano player who learns to read music will initially learn to find all the notes on the keyboard and associate them with the written notes on the musical staff. Straightforward melodies can then be performed by interpreting the music. The player who learns how to play by ear will also find out how to locate the notes on the keyboard and might even learn a few basic chords at this time also.

With every one of the notes learned the beginner can now move forward onto an intermediate phase. This can often entail learning to play a few more tough pieces for the pianist who is learning how to read music. This may entail reading off two staves and playing with both hands at the same time. Essential chord progressions and rhythms using both hands at once is what awaits the scholar who is learning how to play by ear.

At the more advanced levels of playing the music reader must learn some reasonably hard pieces that will stretch their abilities and physically strengthen the fingers and the coordination. The student who has selected to play by ear will by this point be playing tunes integrated into the chord progressions. It'll be really likely that at this level they will be able to play most melodies that they hear and to also discover the chords with minimal effort.

To advance on to master level the two different methods of learning are generally combined. Playing by ear and reading music both come naturally to the true master. Every one of the two methods have their benefits and drawbacks. Numerous players who've learned to read music will become technically especially skilled but might lack expression and emotion. The opposite can be believed for the student who learns how to play only by ear, they'd find it hard to be more technical and will lack the discipline that makes the scholar who has learned how to read music. There should be no problem for the real master to be in a position to read music and play by ear in the same way.

There are many home study programs available for download for amateur and intermediate students that will help you move onto the more advanced levels of playing. The best thing about these courses is that they have video and audio files so you can be taught as if you had a piano teacher right there in your place.

Most serious of all however is that just about all of the best programs will teach you the easy way to read music and how to play by ear at the same time. Being taught like this you will have the foundation to move ahead onto way higher levels and will have the benefits of the two systems of learning straight from the start




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