is there still hope . . ?

[p1erce]

hi, everyone. i had started taking piano lessons when i was in grade school (and that was so many years ago); and it ended even before i finished grade school. had not much time then or the discipline required as piano studying had not been part of our school curricula. but piano playing had always been my love despite the fact that i could not really play as the "disciplined" ones do.

now that i am retired from work, i'm back to taking piano lessons and got back from where i have left off. sadly, my eyes and my hands don't have that "quick" coordination anymore. somehow, i had learned using chords but i still truly desire to play even some classic pieces. where do i start? is there still hope for me, or must i stick to the chords? are there also piano lessons here that include the chords in the pieces?

i hope someone could help me. thanks . . .


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[pianistimo]

i found a site just last week   www.gardenofpraise.com   or something like that - that offers some piano lessons.  just stick with it until you learn the basics again and then go on to a teacher in your area.  sounds like a lot of things will come back to you very quickly - so don't be hard on yourself.
ps  click on 'teachers' at the top.  then scroll down and click on 'keyboard.'

[ted]

Yes, of course there's hope. Unless you have sustained some sort of injury I don't see why you cannot become as fluent as you want to be. A good teacher who understands your position is important. Be sure you learn things that you really enjoy; go straight to playing whatever takes your fancy and don't take no for an answer. You'll get there.

[p1erce]

hi, ted and pianistimo. you've been too kind to be of help. and all your advice are all in time. thanks a lot pals. you just don't know what my day is like now . . . 

for everything, thanks, thanks and a million more thanks.

p1erce

[alzado]

pierce--

I have fooled with piano all my life, and went back to it with great energy when I retired.

I have been into lessons again for about 1-1/2 years.  I just take a half-hour lesson once a week.  I did not seek out a very expensive "master" piano teacher because my wants are very simple.

I, like you, do not much like pieces with lots of fast things, such as 16-th note runs.

You need to start at the level you are at.

If you don't have a teacher, try standing in the music store brousing through the sheet music or lesson books for a while.

My first purchase of music when I went back to playing piano was a nice little collection of themes from the movies.

Of course, as my old skills came back, I went on to other things.

Good luck--

[leahcim]

As my mother said to me in 1972

(a) Get a piano teacher

(b) Never use teal...or comic sans MS for that matter

(c) read https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,12295.msg132843.html#msg132843
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,10316.msg106140.html#msg106140
especially the 2 "four movements" post here :- https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7226.msg72166.html#msg72166

Very ahead of her time w.r.t to (b) and (c) I thought