learn to play piano

How I did it: 3 or so years ago, i received a keyboard for my birthday. i started to realize that it was fun to remember parts of songs and play them on the keyboard. i asked my parents to get me piano lessons, and eventually they gave in. i took my lessons seriously, and practiced all the time. it paid off :] Read how I did it…

How I did it: I started piano lessons when I was eight years old.  I continued taking them until I graduated from high school and went away to college, so ten years.  My piano teacher is one of the most wonderful people I know, and it helped having such a wonderful role model.  And I also practiced a lot.  My goal was to reach the point where I could sit down and sightread just about anything, and I can do that now!  I still pl… Read how I did it…

How I did it: It was one of my childhood dreams to learn to play the piano. A year ago I bought a relatively cheap digital piano but I couldn’t afford to take lessons. I got a few pieces of sheet music of children’s songs I knew well, and started teaching myself. It took me a while because I really never learned to read music, at least not very well. Bar by bar, I finely wrote in pencil the letters for the notes I remembered next to each note. The… Read how I did it…

How I did it: Started playing since I was 7 years old. Watched some pianist concert on TV, and asked my mom/dad for a piano lesson.Got discouraged a week later, but my mom and the rest of the family pushed me through it. I cried, kicked my mom, tried to break the piano, even walked away from the lesson many times. Thanksfully my piano teacher and my family were very, very patient with me.After a year or so, playing piano is fun again. Now when I heard … Read how I did it…

How I did it: Learning piano is not something you can do in a week. It takes years to get any good, and you can never be "finished" learning piano, or any instrument for that matter. I started taking lessons in 3rd grade, and have been taking them with the same teacher ever since. I get better every day, but the most important thing is to practice. Read how I did it…