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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Learn Piano Online With Your Computer

By Andy Penbram


Up until only recently the only way to truly learn piano was to go to a teacher for piano lessons. The lessons would generally be about an hour long and you would go to lessons regularly. You can these days download complete piano courses off the internet which will teach you how to play the piano from a total starter level and will lead you right up to a high intermediate level all on your own while not having to see a regular private piano teacher.

These courses consist of a collection of sound and video files with examples of what you have got to be playing and the way to play it. There's a complete printable manual with its own lessons professionally laid out and an entire array of little exercises and pieces to learn how to play.

This method of being taught has a fair deal of advantages over standard piano classes, as an example, you don't need to turn up for your lesson without exception every week, you may have your lessons when you like..In addition you aren't tethered to a certain lesson. As soon as you are prepared for the following lesson or the subsequent stage then you can press on when you are ready or contrarily if you are experiencing difficulty with a particular lesson then you can simply spend a little more time on it.

With the computer it can at times be a touch difficult to read the music or the lessons off the PC screen just because it can be hard to position the PC screen over the piano as you would a piece of music, (unless you've an ipad of course). Because of this I find it more useful to print off the lesson I am going to be practicing on and use this version on the piano just as I would a piano book or sheet music.

An additional useful benefit of playing with the PC close by is the facility to record yourself. You'll be most likely surprised when you play back what you believed was a modest performance of your exercises or set pieces but this is a good thing because it enables you to put into perspective how far you've come and how far you've got to go to learn piano and become a proficient player.

You might also want to consider playing some pieces that aren't part of the programme you are learning with. Aside from giving you the chance to play some pieces of your own choice this could also expand your suppleness on the keyboards. You will easily be able to get to an intermediate level of playing by employing a distance learning course and generally they are a superb way for anyone to learn piano by themselves.




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