Goals to Work Towards When Taking Beginner Piano Lessons
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Becoming familiarized with playing various instruments brings differing challenges. Among them is the varying importance of using both hands in a complex fashion.
Principle, although shared with many other instruments, is the issue of coordinating the use of both hands to make similar movements. Guitar, woodwinds, and obviously, percussion, heavily depend on advanced two-hand dexterity, even though many other instruments would be nearly impossible to be played without the use of both hands.
Many instances exist where one hand is merely supporting the weight of the instrument, such as in the case of the trumpet, and to a lesser extent, the slide trombone, which sometimes involves the use of the fingers of the supporting hand (usually the left) to operate valves extending the horn's range. This is particularly true in the case of the base trombone.
As I have mentioned before in earlier articles, beginning to play an instrument is akin to learning a foreign language. Reading and playing from written music is especially 'foreign' for the first time player, as it requires a major rewiring of the circuits of the brain. Recognizing and quickly reacting to varying key changes, time changes, volume and attack changes, and specific rhythms can be supremely demanding.
Then there is the subject of time, which in music, is typically extremely rigidly metered. Without the aid of a conductor, percussion section, or even a simple metronome to guide you, staying in time can be a challenge of its own. Many years of experience are required before this issue can be properly mastered. This is a music-specific use of the term 'time management'.
With experience comes the phenomenon of muscle memory, which is utterly indispensable in the area of musicianship. Having the body react seemingly without thinking is the hallmark of the competent player. This is especially true of the piano which calls upon the ability to regurgitate complicated fingering and hand placement during both fast and slow passages.
For all instruments, this process begins with the playing of scales.The piano student must become familiar with ascending and descending the keyboard with both hands simultaneously and in all keys, major and minor. Later in the player's development, this exercise will serve as a warm-up to more complicated playing, so it must be honed to a fine skill.
Every piano student will eventually learn that the agility and flexibility of the digits requires daily playing to preclude the onset of stiffness and sluggishness. This is the reason great pianists of the world have always practiced for many hours each and every day, nearly without exception.
The author has been involved in the music industry for over four decades and is a firm believer in easy beginner piano lessons. Finding quality piano lessons online for beginners can be a challenge and anyone interested in piano should do their due diligence before committing to a particular system or teacher.
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