Tickle The Ivory And Play That Piano

April 27th, 2010

When most people think of learning how to play piano, they already have a certain style in mind. When learning the piano it doesn’t matter if you learn on a baby grand or a bar type of piano, both will do, the more important thing is to learn how to play. You like the way it looks and sounds but you’re too afraid to approach the task of learning how to play it. This is most peoples fear.

Many children in piano lessons are not getting the proper training every piano student needs to benefit from their lessons. It is sad, however, that many children in after school programs offering Piano lessons fail to learn, because the children are stretched so thin between all the activities they are in.

Beginning piano students feel the same way and have more control over their progress than they often realize. For some reason students often overlook this important part of piano study. But students have difficulty believing this because when learning something new it is much harder to see how much easier it is to learn when you enjoy what you are doing.

Beginning piano students can become focused on reading the notes and finding the right keys on the piano and miss the point of playing – to make the music sound, well, musical. Most students don’t want to wait years before they can create music. There are many ideas to help beginning piano students energize their music and bring it to life with personality and style, the best place to find these ideas is on the internet.

Many parent do not push the classical pieces of music, they rather have their children play more popular pieces of music because the parents thinks the classical pieces will be to hard. With any type of training it always better to push a little, you would be surprised what your children are capable of.

Many people think all you really need is knowledge of a few chords and how to play them. So people like to memorize the primary chords by using an associating method with acronyms which will help remember the chords. This is a good way to learn in the short run but in the long run practice, practice, practice is the only way to get better at the piano.

Here is a quick tip that will help when learning the piano. When playing the piano you can push the damper pedal and it will raise the hammers and the string will have nothing touching them, so when the hammers don’t touch the strings the sound will continue and not stop.

To find a good teacher is not as hard as you think, talk to friends look in the phone book or check online, teacher are usually anywhere from $30 to $60 an hour depending on the teacher and the studio. A good piano teacher is very important to find. If you find the right teacher the learning process is that much easier.

David Fishman
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5 Responses to “Tickle The Ivory And Play That Piano”

  1. Faith

    Where can I find a slim, 88 (or 76) weighted key piano keyboard?
    I live in a tiny New York apartment where storage space is minimal, and I’m slowly going a little crazy without being able to sit down and “tickle the ivories.” Does anyone have a suggestion for an 88 or 76 weighted key piano keyboard that’s not bulky? I’ve toyed with the idea of getting one of those “roll-up” keyboards, but I don’t know anyone who has used one before, and they’re usually only four octaves max (I play classical music and definitely need as close to a full keyboard as I can get).

    Thank you!

  2. petr b

    You’ll want a fully weighted 88 key instrument.

    There are models which are just the key body and they sit on a stand which can be broken down. Most come with a sustain pedal which connects via a cable.

    Their depth in inches is nearly exactly the same from one model to the next, ditto their thickness. By the time you set it up and have a chair or bench, it can take up almost the exact same footprint as a spinet or upright piano, except you can store things under each side of where your feet go….

    best regards.
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  3. Jordan

    I have played on those roll up keyboards and they are horrible!!! It is nothing even close to a real piano and is only useful for… well, nothing.

    You can try getting either a Yamaha 88 key piano keyboard which will cost from I think 500 – 1000 bucks or a roland keyboard which is 1000-2500 dollars. I don’t really know what you mean by bulky, but Roland keyboards are extremly heavy. I think mine weighs about 150 – 200 pounds. But, whatever you choose, please don’t choose the roll up.
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  4. i. jones

    Casio Privia PX-120

    http://priviapiano.com/
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  5. Knotty Pine

    Zzounds or Sweetwater as well as other companies on the web sell weighted hammer action keyboards. M-Audio has the M-Audio ProKeys 88 which is a digital piano and midi controller for around $600. Yamaha, Kurzweil and others have weighted keyboards as well. The actions on them feel like pianos, and they don’t take up a lot of space, even the 88 key models. My keyboard is an 88 key weighted model by Studiologic, and it measures about 15 inches front to back and about 4 inches thick. I think it weighs about 45 lbs.
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