How to learn to play the piano?This question is often asked by children under the age of about 7 years and older and adults of all ages.Of course, ask those who have not studied music.Having an idea of the process of learning this question is not asked, realizing: without mastering the piano teacher's task has no solution.
author of this article teaches piano playing 36 years.The above material is based on this experience.
main answer to the question - how to learn to play the piano on their own, in our full and firm conviction, looks disappointing.Learning without a teacher can not be in any way and you should not even try.
the Internet you can find a wealth of teaching materials, which are contrary to this statement.Beginners self-taught, is not familiar with the merits of the case, talk like this: "Materials enough advertising promises success.How to quickly learn how to play the piano?If you follow the instructions exactly - rather quickly. "
Who is right: professionals, teachers, deny the possibility of self-study or popularizers, insisting on its availability?
small analysis of the problem will help to generate the correct answer.
The initial training shall have the following objectives:
- learn letter notation and recording of meter and rhythm.The level of ownership should be sufficient for an independent analysis of the notes and execution of single notes (each hand separately, and both hands);
- acquire initial skills of the Hands, without which it is simply impossible to control the movements;
- learn how to select music from different music by ear;
- alone read music, to analyze and learn a few of the most common chord progressions (mainly left hand);
- learn to pick them from different notes by ear;
- learn how to pick the right tunes to any chord progression.
Among the main objectives are the ones that help you learn the game by ear.The next most important goal - independent reading and analysis of the notes of music.
consider the requirements for training programs aimed at achieving these goals.
When learning to read music is the most difficult question - pupil understanding of the material.The presence of such an understanding would indicate the ability to play the right tune on the notes, and then sing it.The training program should be able to control these two processes.Today there is no such product.But you can find an abundance of programs, which is a keyboard with "magical" keys - as if they are "pressed for yourself."
Ostensibly responding to the question, how to learn to play the piano, these programs bring great harm to the student.Firstly, they do not show a part of hands in the performing process.Second, in the absence of guidelines, sharing melody and accompaniment (such as a reference, of course, would be musical notation), the student must play poorly sorted pushes instead organized musical fabric.Third, such programs are not connected with this piano keyboard, and motor skills transfer "magic pictures" on this tool simply not produced.
There are a lot of videos, which demonstrate the technique of the pianist: Planting for tool setting arms.However, in most of these movies made a critical error.Selected angle video from the top or front, of which it is impossible to understand how to put the hand and fingers.Shooting must be conducted on the side, alternately left, then right at the hands of the teacher, in a plane parallel to the keyboard.
In addition, when setting the hands there are literally hundreds of nuances and recommendations, track that no program in the state.Needless to say about the book description piano technique: learn from them is not realistic.
selection of tunes by ear - the most important stage in the formation of musical ability to discern the sound height.Without this ability student has nothing to do in music.Existing programs can only ensure that the correct key is pressed, but is unable to "understand" whether the sound is heard.
chord progression you can really learn on the model given in the computer program.But as soon as the task to reproduce the sequence of the different notes, the pupil is lost: the program can not show it to him.
Only the teacher can help in such a complex matter, as the selection of the different notes of chords.
The same applies to an even more difficult task - matching chords to the song.
pupil must try a variety of options that the teacher is able to instantly assess.
The analysis shows how important the role of the teacher to learn piano.
However, a purely "amateur" version of the training, where the aim is not mastering the instrument, and the ability to play a few simple plays.Upon reaching the result of the students believe that they held the answer to the question - how to learn to play the piano.In our view, such a solution is the same as far as on the musical culture and the culture of the pedagogical process.
