The benefits of Playing Piano
Why do people want to learn to play piano? Apart from the wonderful pleasure of playing the best solo instrument there is, there are actually other benefits which come our way when we learn to play an instrument. The video below presents a very well researched view of this.
A substantial number of pupils take up piano as a means to access the music they like - unfortunately (from the perspective of a piano teacher) my experience is that often it's not piano music! They view the piano (or keyboard) as a way to access (try out) music from the pop, rock, film, jazz and classical orchestral spheres (ie NOT solo piano music). This requires arrangements for solo piano of these songs/film scores that are managable. However, these arrangements can prove disappointing as they rarely (if ever) match the original. It is especially a problem in the first two or three years of lessons, as arrangements suited to that level are very stripped down (simplified) and rather lacking in fullness of sound.
A substantial number of pupils take up piano as a means to access the music they like - unfortunately (from the perspective of a piano teacher) my experience is that often it's not piano music! They view the piano (or keyboard) as a way to access (try out) music from the pop, rock, film, jazz and classical orchestral spheres (ie NOT solo piano music). This requires arrangements for solo piano of these songs/film scores that are managable. However, these arrangements can prove disappointing as they rarely (if ever) match the original. It is especially a problem in the first two or three years of lessons, as arrangements suited to that level are very stripped down (simplified) and rather lacking in fullness of sound.