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Friday 5 August 2011

Achieving mastery of The Piano

By Andy Penbram


Here is some info for any amateur piano player who wants to move onto more advanced piano lessons and really master the piano or keyboards. This could be a journey from beginners level passing thru intermediate and advanced levels till finally arriving at true master piano player level. On this path there are unhappily too many scholars who never get past the 1st most principal beginners level.

The 1st levels of piano or keyboard playing can be grouped into 2 separate kinds, persons who learn to read music and people who learn to play by ear without music. The beginner piano player who learns to read music will at first learn how to find all of the notes on the keyboard and associate them with the written notes on the musical staff. Simple tunes can then be performed by reading the music. The player who learns to play by ear will also learn how to find the notes on the keyboard and might even learn several basic chords at this time too.

With each one of the notes learned the beginner can now go forward onto an intermediate phase. This will usually comprise learning how to play a couple more difficult pieces for the pianist who is learning to read music. This could comprise reading off 2 staves and playing with both hands at the same time. Essential chord progressions and rhythms using both hands at once is what awaits the student who is learning to play by ear.

At the more advanced levels of playing the music reader must learn some reasonably hard pieces that will stretch their abilities and physically strengthen the fingers and the coordination. The student who has selected to play by ear will by this point be playing tunes integrated into the chord progressions. It'll be really likely that at this level they will be able to play most melodies that they hear and to also discover the chords with minimal effort.

To advance on to master level the two different techniques of learning are usually combined. Playing by ear and reading music both come naturally to the true master. Each of the two techniques have their advantages and disadvantages. Countless players who've learned to read music will become technically especially skilled but might lack expression and emotion. The opposite can be assumed for the student who learns how to play only by ear, they would find it difficult to be more technical and will lack the discipline that makes the scholar who has learned how to read music. There should be no problem for the real master to be able to read music and play by ear in the same way.

There are many home study programs available for download for amateur and intermediate students that will help you move onto the more advanced levels of playing. The best thing about these courses is that they have video and audio files so you can be taught as if you had a piano teacher right there in your place.

Most significant of all however is that almost all the best programs will teach you how to read music and the way to play by ear at the same time. Being taught like this you'll have the foundation to move ahead onto far higher levels and will have the advantages of the 2 techniques of learning direct from the start




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