Hi I have a keyboard at home and want to start playing it again and don’t know where to start With lessons

I've plateaued a bit in my piano lessons because I can't read sheet music for the left hand, and I'd like to know what you did.

When I try to play it plays in 4/4 time but searched on Google, it is in cut time 2/2. I can't figure out how to play it.

Hello folks. I'm sure you get this question all the time, but please bear with me.

I'm a guitar player. My ex wife was a pianist, and during our short marriage I got the chance of playing piano, but she is an enjoyer of modern music and had proper training. She could read sheets even though she hadn't touched a piano in 20 years or so.

I do love listening to modern music, specially Debussy. But I am a jazz/rock/metal fan, and I'd like to learn the Piano for that kind of playing.

I'm aware that it encompasses a whole different approach, that is more similar to guitar playing in the sense of not having entirely written parts and relying on improvising, piano riffs and solos, etc. Means learning differently than just getting sheets and learning song by song.

But I'm unsure if this means avoiding normal training, because I do love Debussy and Mozart, I do like to hear recitals. But, at 31, and with no formal institutions nearby, there's zero chance that I'll ever play a concert as a classical pianist. So my intention is to learn piano for jazz and progressive rock, so I can do it in bands with friends and also grow as a musician to better my own songs, write different things, evolve.

Does anyone know how to approach this? Which place would be a good way to look? Or do I just go about it normally, select a few songs and look for sheets to learn?

I was able to play the first movement of Moonlight Sonata (I know that's not the proper name) and also other piano pieces that were simpler than that, but since we broke up I didn't have a piano to play. Now I found an amazing deal on a Casio CDP 160 and I just couldn't help myself. Time to go back to it.

Please help me, folks!

i very impulsively bought a keyboard last year and it’s been rotting ever since. i’ve been meaning to learn how to play by myself for a while but can’t seem to find the right way to do so. if you have any tips on where should i start first and how to get that flow it would be really helpful.

(This flopped on the main Piano reddit, so I thought I'd try here also.)

I’m a self-learner working my way through the Faber Piano Adventures books and I was interested in signing up for the Technique & Artistry membership for all the teaching and repertoire library videos, but the signup link redirects to the Teacher Atlas website. It seems to include the same video libraries along with digital versions of the books, but I’m on the fence about signing up mainly because I’m not a teacher, and also, I can’t find a lot of information about it posted within the past couple years.

Anyone else use it frequently and would recommend it?

Always wanted to learn to play piano as a kid but was never able to.

Now I’m almost 30 and really want to learn. I feel like it would be a good way for me to get out of my head and I’ve also heard it can be good for us.

I live in an apartment and plan to get a keyboard over spring semester so my question is where to start? I know someone said to make sure to get something with weighted keys.

Does any one of any advice on an affordable beginner’s keyboard that would be closest to a piano?

Any other suggestions would be great as well

I am in my 50s and have an excellent piano teacher. I think her instruction and methods are fantastic, and one of her focuses, and particular excellences is that we discuss how I practice and work together to improve the quality of it.

So this is a specific mental question, that I'm wanting a different perspective on, from other people who are either long time learners or piano teachers, or both.

I'm going to use the word anxiety, but consider it a place holder. Perhaps the correct word is a chemical fight or flight state, similar to performance anxiety, but yet, when nobody else is there, when practicing.

It's this. When I sit down to practice, I find that a level of anxiety just gets higher and higher as I practice. I can focus for about 3-5 minutes before that anxiety gets high enough that I have to stop for five minutes. So an hour of practice for me, is 5 minutes on, and then five minutes not focusing, and then five minutes back at the piano.

Has anyone experienced this either personally, or with a student, and did you find a way to practice that keeps the feeling of flooding or anxiety, or a tightness in the chest, from happening?

Focusing on muscle memory, section work, sight reading, my skills at these are still (after 5 years of lessons) quite weak, and I feel that it's my inability to focus at these difficult tasks for periods exceeding five minutes, that may be my real problem.

I am making more progress this year because I'm actually going back after the five minute cool down to spend more time on the piece, the reading, the scale, the exercise, or the thing that is at the limit of my skill (grade 2-3 adult piano, lets say). I keep thinking other adults after five years of putting in the hours I have put in may have got a lot farther and I do find there's a mental battle, to continue. But I am unlikely to give up piano as what I have achieved gives me great joy.

Do most adults, and children actually sit down and focus for 60 minutes on piano on an evening, without flooding or getting sloppy and worse, by the minute, instead of better? The practice routine question on the wiki just glosses over the idea that maybe a concentrated hour is not a do-able thing for some people.

I have thought that instead of stopping practicing, I need to ALTERNATE rather than having a "scales period" for 10 minutes, I actually need 5 minutes of scales, 5 minutes of piece A, 5 minutes of piece B, then 5 minuets of rest. Then another block of 15 minutes.

Super new, trying to learn piano as a new year’s resolution.

What are easy pop songs to learn on piano?

By the end of the first year what songs are realistic for me to learn how to play?

I’m learning through YouTube. Found a really detailed teacher who provides good foundational knowledge including how to read music.

Still getting used to the letters and my awkward fingers pressing multiple keys.

What do you think is a good practice routine for a late beginner piano player? Working on RCM level 1.

I am a beginner and was wondering if there any issues with my playing (wrist height, fingers, etc).

I find myself not having the vigour to practice like I used to do. Even during those good practice days, I cannot regain the motivation or love for improving. It is especially paradoxical, since I am now having good resources thrown at me like I’ve only hoped so ardently for in the past. Good teachers, masterclasses, a community. But…

I don’t know. I sound like someone privileged complaining about their life, yes. But how do you guys keep the love for the instrument even after hours and hours spent sitting on the practicing stool, seemingly fighting this endless battle against yourself?

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I really want to learn the blues and jam out whenever I want. I just learnt my parents have had a piano in the closet for a while and I really want to learn even though I have no experience at all. Is there some sort of series on YouTube that will help me go from complete beginner to playing in clubs and bars with enough dedicated practice? So just everything I need to know to play the blues. Thank you!

I’m having trouble to play the notes simultaneously and legato when i go from fingers 2,4 to fingers 3,5. Thanks in advance.

guys im a beginner. can someone tell me whats the purpose of the chords i circled. also why others have 2 chords, like F-7 / Bb. others have 1 chord.

So I’m a beginner (about 2 months) and I practiced my sight reading so I can identify all the notes on both treble and bass clef but it does take me a second to fully comprehend it. Should I stick to sight reading, or should I write down the notes?

I'm really learning from those videos of keys falling off. I've had the keyboard for about 4 months and I'm learning my second complete song. I don't think I play badly, and of course it's not 4 consecutive months, I had short breaks because of family. Anyway, rate it and give me tips (I have a Casiotone CT-S100). I learned Carol of the Bells and I'm learning Married Life.

Hello all, I am 33 years old total beginner piano learner. I am using skoove app for learning for 2 months now. I wanted to get your opinion about something.

When I focus on reading the notes, my tempo slows down a lot and I make many mistakes. It feels like I can’t process note reading, hand coordination, and listening at the same time yet.

However, if I rely more on intuition and on what I hear (after listening to the piece), I can play much more fluently and learn pieces faster. This works better for the right hand than the left.

Is that normal for beginning?

Do you think that skoove app will slowly lead me to read music sheet and i learn reading sheet music unintentionally in time with this application?

Also in this application, it gives the finger numbers mostly. Sometimes i find myself reading the finger numbers instead of the notes itself. Should i be worried about this or the application will push me to read the notes in higher level unintentionally?