How many years of Piano lessons should you take to be considered advanced/expert?
January 15th, 2010I’ve been taking Piano lessons for 1.5 years, and I have friends who have been taking lessons for 9 years. I am almost done with beginners, and I am playing songs like "Braveheart" by James Horner. I would like to start the violin someday, but I want to be fully advanced in piano first.
I really don’t think the time is the issue. If you really apply yourself to piano, you can become rather advanced at a fast pace. I’ve been playing piano for twelve years-six of which I took lessons during and now I play casually for my enjoyment. I’m sure if I applied myself and challenged myself again I could advance further.
What I’m trying to say here is that you don’t need to be playing for a prolonged period of time to be considered "advanced". You just need to challenge yourself and practice often!
Good luck =]
January 16th, 2010 at 2:23 am
I really don’t think the time is the issue. If you really apply yourself to piano, you can become rather advanced at a fast pace. I’ve been playing piano for twelve years-six of which I took lessons during and now I play casually for my enjoyment. I’m sure if I applied myself and challenged myself again I could advance further.
What I’m trying to say here is that you don’t need to be playing for a prolonged period of time to be considered "advanced". You just need to challenge yourself and practice often!
Good luck =]
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January 16th, 2010 at 3:03 am
well, when i first got my guitar, I only learned one song, and left it at that for two years, picking it up and only playing smoke on that water. didnt learn any other songs. Now, I have been playing guitar for about a year and a half, and I can play eruption by eddie van halen, crazy train by ozzy osbourne, and black magic woman by carlos santana. How dod i learn to play them in such little time? I PRACTICED HARD. Practice is the key to success. I was commited to playing guitar, and now I play almost as good as my uncle who has been playing for 30 years.
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January 16th, 2010 at 3:19 am
If you really love piano, then being advanced shouldn’t be a problem if you like practising, although 1.5 years isn’t really very long, not enough time to be ‘advanced’. I’ve been playing piano for 10 years so I’m in 8th grade but my piano teacher still considers me ‘competent’. I have to play for like another 2 years before she’ll consider me as an ‘advanced’ student lol so it depends.
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