Thanks for your balanced discussion of this topic. As an older adult beginner I started with a teacher and got to page 30 of an Adult piano book and stopped for various reasons. I spent a lot of time on TH-cam listening and learning to play the melodies I loved with my RH trying to figure out where I wanted to concentrate my efforts. While it was overwhelming it was also educational and gave me a holistic view of the many genres of piano playing from the very young to the very old and the blind and handicapped, and the non-music sheet virtuosos who only play by ear, and jazz and concert pianists, many of whom trained themselves to play at high levels with help as needed. So now, I am starting my own quest of disciplined learning, practice and playing. It is a maze that we must all work ourselves through and every little bit helps, thanks again for helping me put this into words.
As a predominantly self-taught pianist and now piano teacher I think I agree pretty much entirely with what you say. I like to think for me to be a good teacher involves only a bit of 'showing / telling' and more guiding the person towards discovering things themselves, in an appropriate order, whilst resinforcing good habits and watching out for bad ones. Maybe to try and guide people through a similar journey to the one I went (am going) through, but skipping the bad habits and unnecessary plateau's I found along the way through not having particular structure. I also love your emphasis on rhythm - it's such a fundamental aspect of music and inmy experience recieves far less than it's fair share of attention. Thanks for the balanced info :)
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Thanks for your balanced discussion of this topic. As an older adult beginner I started with a teacher and got to page 30 of an Adult piano book and stopped for various reasons. I spent a lot of time on TH-cam listening and learning to play the melodies I loved with my RH trying to figure out where I wanted to concentrate my efforts. While it was overwhelming it was also educational and gave me a holistic view of the many genres of piano playing from the very young to the very old and the blind and handicapped, and the non-music sheet virtuosos who only play by ear, and jazz and concert pianists, many of whom trained themselves to play at high levels with help as needed. So now, I am starting my own quest of disciplined learning, practice and playing. It is a maze that we must all work ourselves through and every little bit helps, thanks again for helping me put this into words.
Many thanks for the comment and have a fantastic journey to learning more at the piano!!
As a predominantly self-taught pianist and now piano teacher I think I agree pretty much entirely with what you say. I like to think for me to be a good teacher involves only a bit of 'showing / telling' and more guiding the person towards discovering things themselves, in an appropriate order, whilst resinforcing good habits and watching out for bad ones. Maybe to try and guide people through a similar journey to the one I went (am going) through, but skipping the bad habits and unnecessary plateau's I found along the way through not having particular structure. I also love your emphasis on rhythm - it's such a fundamental aspect of music and inmy experience recieves far less than it's fair share of attention.
Thanks for the balanced info :)
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the comment and for sharing your experience! 🎹
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