Weird question I got the other day:
“If you had a gun to your head and had to give me 3 tips that would drastically reduce the time it takes for me to learn piano, what would they be?”
I am pretty sure this will never happen. If it did though, I’m positive the first thing I would say would be…
“Put the gun down, it takes two hands to play piano.”
But since that won’t happen… It gave me a great opportunity to really answer the question.
“3” Tips… Okay go.
1. Start playing with inverted chords right away.
At PianoFool we call it the M&M Method (minimal movement)
It’s really what gives my students their biggest “aha!” moment and instills confidence right away when beginning. A simple “switcharoo” of the fingers allows you to move less, learn quicker, and play smoother.
Okay next.
2. Give yourself permission to suck at first. (forget perfection) perfection is an illusion anyway.
Don’t beat yourself up because it sounds terrible at first. It always does.
And keep this in mind…
Every concert you go to there are missed chords, wrong notes, and complete screw ups. And they are the PROFESSIONALS. So why would you ever let that get you down.
Fight through it, play though it, and the mistakes will start to disappear once you stop focusing on them.
…and the last tip, #3.
3. Learn how to play within the structure of song.
Once you start to see patterns in songs, verse chorus progressions and other such cool things you will be freed up to play what you want.
…and of course if I had to give 4 tips I would recommend learning through a proven program that follows these 3 tips.
July 4th is tomorrow…summer is once again slipping away. You will be calling yourself a piano player and learn to play piano by ear by fall if you get started today.
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Here to Serve,
Tim (PianoFool)
