I teach piano and I honestly believe I do it better than most. Actually, it’s aside of my personality to try to make ANYTHING I do easier. If I coulded wheel to come through run better I’d. But one thing I really hate is those ads that tell you you are able to learn piano overnight. This is like saying you are able to learn to write a great novel or paint a great picture overnight.

Ok, you could be taught how to build sentences or however to put paint on a canvas – that’s the easy part – but could you teach someone who has no prior experience how to write a novel or ‘paint’ in an artistic way overnight? I don’t think so.

Trust me, you CANNOT learn to play the piano overnight – it’s inconceivable. I think the problem is in the wording – in the implied promise of perfect musicianship in a flash. You could learn to play a piano scale overnight, or a couple of piano chords, maybe even a few rhythms but that’s about it.

Don’t get me wrong, there ARE shortcuts and I have found most of them but you’ll still need to practice and work at it. Your hands will take time to get used to the strange new shapes you are forcing them into. Your mind can only take such in at once. If you’ve never been taught the piano it will take a long time just to solve the names of the keys.
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