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So you have decided to learn the piano/keyboard but not sure whether you want to go to a music teacher yet. This is a dilemma which most of us face as beginners and it is understandable to an extent. Before committing money/efforts on books and teachers it is good to get an idea of what is involved in learning the piano. It will in fact help you later when you decide to go to a teacher since you would have an understanding of the various topics that you would be supposed to learn.

Black & white Keys

Finding basic information is not a problem at all as there is so much stuff floating around on the internet that you should be able to start on your own initially. The most obvious topic to start with will be to know the notes on a Piano. It is very important to know how the various keys on the piano are named, since there are so many of them. Besides, there are white as well as black keys so you need to learn how to differentiate them.

Names of the Notes?

The thing is though it looks daunting, there is basically a pattern to it. Basically there are only seven Notes - C D E F G A B. This same set then gets repeated throughout the keyboard from left to the right. All the white keys are named this way. And what about the Black keys? Those are derived from the white key, you need to add a “Sharp” or a “Flat” to the name of the white key.

C D E F G A B (Basic Notes)

Read Music

Once you know the names of the notes on the piano, you will also need to learn how to recognize them on written music. The keyboard of a piano is basically depicted on written music by using Clefs - basically the Treble clef and the Bass clef. The various notes of the song are then depicted on the sheet music which you will need to recognize and play on the piano.

Suresh Bist
http://www.piano-education.org/

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Tags: bass clef, Music, music keyboard, music teacher, notes on the piano, piano education, piano keyboard, read music, sheet music, treble clef, white keys

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If we are children, chances are we don’t practice the piano (or the cello, or the flute) nearly as much as our parents demand. We probably put far more effort into not practicing than we do into practicing. Let’s look at the pros and cons of instrument practice.

If we choose to practice, we:

• please our parents;
• please our music teacher;
• progress faster in our musical studies.

On the surface, these may look like desirable aims, but upon examination they will be seen to be dire burdens which we must shun at all costs.

The more we please our parents, the more they will expect to be pleased. We may notice sooner or later that the good child of the family is never the happy child. The bad child of the family is not the happy child, either. There is a middle way: not so good, not so bad. It doesn’t do to be too industrious and clever or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, too lazy and delinquent. We aim to slip under the radar. The fewer expectations they have of us, the less they will express either praise or disappointment, both of which are stratagems to trap us into guilt. If we can lull them into a false sense of our mediocrity, so much the better.

The same goes for the music teacher. The more we please her, the more she will expect us to practice and please her more. It goes without saying that practice is the bane of our existence. It is merely a temporary measure to silence our critics.

The more we progress in our musical studies, the more praise we will receive. Praise may seem pleasant at the time, but beware! It is a trap! It is intended to goad us into working harder on our music, which means less time doing what we are supposed to do (i.e., having fun).

Furthermore, pleasing our elders in childhood can have dire consequences many years into the future. The more we please them now, the more they will expect it for the rest of our lives. It is not as if we can do it now and get it out of the way. This is a vicious cycle.

They don’t really care if we practice our instruments or not. They just want to mold us into people who will bend ourselves to their wills and do their bidding forevermore.

Beware! Practice makes perfect, and perfect makes misery.

Magnolia Mitchell is an author and contributor to the website Things We Should Do Better. http://thingsweshoulddobetter.com

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