Do pianists learn pieces faster as they acquire new skills and technique?

[rovis77]

Do pianists learn pieces faster as they acquire new skills and technique?. Can the learning ratio be increased?.

[glerzhus]

yeah for sure. time management + developing practice methods will allow you to learn more and faster depending on the effort you put in.

[ego0720]

Yes. And there are two types of increases - a generalized speed increase and a specialized increase.  Sometimes u can be lost when u are learning a completely new style even if u are good at something else until u figure out the syntax or pattern of that new style.

I think first 5 years is like a stem cell education and generalized. We all get the same fundamentals. Then it differentiates into a specialized area. We build on skills that stack and then learn quickly on similar arrangements. Of all, classical music is definitely built on foundations and levels.

It is said that there is a path of being able to do it all, the ultimate pianist that can play anytime, anywhere, in any style, any duration, on any piano. That is the endpoint.

[ravelfan07]

Do pianists learn pieces faster as they acquire new skills and technique?. Can the learning ratio be increased?.

100%, it becomes easier since you’re technique, ability to memorize and general know how for the piano improves

[lelle]

Absolutely. A really skilled professional can play a vista what an intermediate student or in some cases even college level student may struggle with for weeks, and which would be completely impossible for a beginner.