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I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
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andrytikh
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I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
on: September 26, 2014, 06:41:42 AM
I am a complete beginner. Just want to play. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher?
Maybe this course
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will help me?
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bronnestam
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Re: I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
Reply #1 on: September 26, 2014, 07:06:32 AM
There are self-instructing material for beginners which should do as a start. Some "Alfred books" are often mentioned here. There are also online teaching courses. I very strongly recommend you to learn to read notes and study some music theory if you don't know that already, though.
When you get more advanced, you will need a teacher but I see no reason why you should not learn the first basic steps on your own - BUT WATCH OUT. If you follow video lessons or something like that, you MUST be very careful to follow the instructions exactly. I have seen far too many people thinking they are Elton John after two lessons, and then they rush through the material, skip parts of it, take on too big challenges and develop all kinds of bad habits - like a lousy posture or bad finger technique or "rhytm deafness" or whatever - which are terribly hard to get rid of later.
This place is totally flooded by self-appointed "unusual talents" who claim they have learned this and that difficult piece much faster than most people do, and can practice for longer, play faster etcetera etcetera etcetera than the average piano student. You get the picture? Needless to say what it looks like from the outside (I am trying not to get vulgar here).
Being just an average student is perfectly fine, keeping the average learning pace, or being unusually slow is not a bad thing.
I have no idea who you are so I am just talking in general terms here.
What matters is that you have fun when learning. Playing the piano IS a wonderful hobby (or job, if you like). Welcome to the pianist world!
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adriant
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Re: I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
Reply #2 on: September 27, 2014, 07:14:32 PM
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Bob
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Re: I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
Reply #3 on: September 27, 2014, 07:24:41 PM
Not really, nope. Instead of spending money on those books, spend it on a teacher. You'll see why.
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Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."
iansinclair
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Re: I am a complete beginner. Is it possible to learn piano without teacher
Reply #4 on: September 28, 2014, 01:18:20 AM
As Bob says... don't spend your money on some flashy product which claims you can learn to play piano in two weeks. Or even two years. Yes, you can play a little. But play piano? No.
You can, however, begin to teach yourself to read music, and relate the notes on the written music to the piano.
But please, find a teacher -- even another pianist who is willing to help you along some but is not necessarily a teacher -- to help you. There are too many bad habits which one can fall into when trying to learn to play by one's self! And it doesn't even have to be weekly -- just often enough to be sure you are not learning bad habits.
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