Here’s a question I get from time to time that warrants an answer.

“Tim, if you were going to teach your own kids to play piano what would ye do?”

First off I don’t have kids yet. God willing someday, but for now it’s a hypothetical.

And here’s my answer.

The perfect progression of teaching piano would be this.

At about age 6 they would start traditional piano. Learn all the stuff I don’t know (and don’t care to know at my age) such as, in depth theory, scales, sheet music reading ability etc.

Then after about 6-7 years you pull them from that type of teaching and put them straight into the Layer Method.

This way they have all this knowledge, won’t be bound by sheet music and then can actually play anything they want.
At that point I would line up a local coffee shop so they could start working to pay rent by playing gigs 😉

My wife is a perfect example.

11 years worth of traditional teaching but never played the piano because she couldn’t play it without sheet music.

Actually stopped playing all together for 17 years. Then she started playing (the Layer Method Way) and now she can play anything, without sheet music, and on a whim.

Now if I had the traditional stuff when I was younger I would certainly be better. But that wasn’t in the cards for me when I wanted to learn as an adult.

So that’s the perfect (in my opinion) progression to teach a little one how to play the piano that will give them all the tools they need along with the knowledge of how to use them.

And if you’re and adult, then just like me you can skip all the traditional stuff and simply play.

And play well.

And love it.

Tomorrows Christmas.

It’s never too late to get yourself or someone else the gift of playing the piano.

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Here to Serve,

Tim (PianoFool)