It amazes me how many people start out playing the piano only to get frustrated and overwhelmed by all the details and then they quit . I can't pretend that I know the feeling. For me it was my unquenchable desire to play the piano that kept me going until I could see some real progress.And part of the reason that some people give up is because they don't understand how to approach learning to play the piano. Well let me give you my no nonsense approach to learning to play the piano. It's simple. Learn one thing at a time. Don't try to learn everything at one time. That will cause you to burn out. And so when you're sitting at the piano concentrate on learning 1 major thing why you're sitting at the piano. Own that new chord or scale for a minute. Work this new concept that you've learned for a little while before moving on. Then after you learn the new skills backwards and forwards then move on to something new. Never just keep playing until your fatigued , rest then come back to it . By the way heres a great website to buy how to play piano books and DVDs to help you on your quest to play the piano .
http://smhmusicpublishing.com
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
One thing at a time !
Thursday, March 28, 2013
What you wanna know it's in the book
I think about all the times watched the other musicians play and i was baffled by the skill that they displayed when they played. How vividly I can remember thinking , I wish I could play like that. So I begin to hang around with piano players thinking that if I hung around I would pick up some piano chords or some juicy licks. But usually all I got was more frustrated by sitting there watching them show off on the keyboard.
But then I discovered books. Music books. I found out that everything they were playing and everything that I would ever wanna play was in a book. That's when my music journey really began. It was basic books at first. But after while I begin to really cook. Learning to play piano was just like with anything else you start off slow and then you pick up the pace. So the moral of the story is realizing that everything you could ever wanna learn is in a book , a music book. Here's a new music site you can go to to find some nice music books, videos , and d_v_d's or something something you can use to get going on your journey to learn music.
http : //smharroldmusicpublishing.com
Remember anything you wanna know about music it's in the book.