In our last article, we covered the benefits and disadvantages of learning to play piano from a book.
This time we'll be looking at piano DVD's and learning on your own - so lets jump into it!
Learning from a DVD
DVD's established themselves as a consumer level format many years back - in fact , its quite rare to find someone who doesn't own a DVD player. The key advantage they had is that they can hold a load more information than the formats that came before it.
The primary benefits of DVD's are that they are able to offer lots more media types than books. While books use print and photos, DVD's can offer this, as well as video and sound to go along with the lessons.
This will truly help students hear and see the way the song is meant to be played and where the fingers should go on the keys in combination with reading piano notes.
Curiously though, the drawbacks are similar to books. If you have questions or problems that are not covered by the DVD, then you are plum out of luck and will have to look elsewhere.
Also, a DVD will not remind you to practice or be there to motivate you when you need it when its not currently playing, so keep this in mind.
Learning On Your Own
Whenever you want to learn an instrument, there's always the option of learning it on your own.
You will be fundamentally experimenting over and over and working out what keys do how and what they sound when playing together.
I'm not going to sugarcoat this, it is a very hard option to take and the results are mixed. There have been cases of folk teaching themselves to play instruments , nevertheless , these folks already have a background in music and usually already know the way to play other instruments and know the way to read music.
While it's not impossible, it is going to be much harder to do it this way than another way. You will have no way to measure how well you're going, what you ought to be practicing or whether you have got good technique or not.
Most people that have taken this option usually finish up giving up or finding other resources or information to assist them with their learning and giving themselves some structure to their lessons.
In the following article we'll be having a look at music teachers and how to decide which approach is best for you.
This time we'll be looking at piano DVD's and learning on your own - so lets jump into it!
Learning from a DVD
DVD's established themselves as a consumer level format many years back - in fact , its quite rare to find someone who doesn't own a DVD player. The key advantage they had is that they can hold a load more information than the formats that came before it.
The primary benefits of DVD's are that they are able to offer lots more media types than books. While books use print and photos, DVD's can offer this, as well as video and sound to go along with the lessons.
This will truly help students hear and see the way the song is meant to be played and where the fingers should go on the keys in combination with reading piano notes.
Curiously though, the drawbacks are similar to books. If you have questions or problems that are not covered by the DVD, then you are plum out of luck and will have to look elsewhere.
Also, a DVD will not remind you to practice or be there to motivate you when you need it when its not currently playing, so keep this in mind.
Learning On Your Own
Whenever you want to learn an instrument, there's always the option of learning it on your own.
You will be fundamentally experimenting over and over and working out what keys do how and what they sound when playing together.
I'm not going to sugarcoat this, it is a very hard option to take and the results are mixed. There have been cases of folk teaching themselves to play instruments , nevertheless , these folks already have a background in music and usually already know the way to play other instruments and know the way to read music.
While it's not impossible, it is going to be much harder to do it this way than another way. You will have no way to measure how well you're going, what you ought to be practicing or whether you have got good technique or not.
Most people that have taken this option usually finish up giving up or finding other resources or information to assist them with their learning and giving themselves some structure to their lessons.
In the following article we'll be having a look at music teachers and how to decide which approach is best for you.
About the Author:
Dr. Anthony Fernando is the creator of the popular piano software " Piano Is Fun which helps children and adult beginners learn to read piano notes. Visit his website to find out more about reading piano notes.
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