Apparently I have decided not to study the classics after all. So now I am considering taking piano lessons.
When I was five, my neighbor advised my mother to get me piano lessons, since I had been messing about on her piano and I was picking up playing it quickly. "What would you rather do?" my mother asked. "Piano lessons or art lessons?"
I picked art lessons, but now that I have a lot of time and money, why not piano lessons, I'm thinking. There's a place in town that gives lessons to adults.
What do you think? Yeah or nay?
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Make sure you're aligned with the instructor on things like tests, grades, and performances.
I know someone who decided to learn piano after retirement but had to quit lessons because the instructor only worked according to a specific progress system that involved playing in shows and doing tests, which they had no interest in doing.
Ugh, yeah, I don't want that.
Strongly recommend you get an electric piano if you don't have a piano already. It is amazing not to have to get it tuned. --n&m
p.s. the last taskmaster episode had Armando Iannucci talking about being 40+ in a testing situation with a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds because of a similar situation to what Nanani describes.
Sneakers - Yes, I would do it. Picking up piano again is on my list once I retire.
Dr Skull has an electric keyboard which I could use! Though I have been looking wistfully at pianos for sale on the internets.
You want one with weighted keys if you keep up with it.
I'll keep that in mind!
I did get piano lessons as a kid! For six weeks before we moved. The teacher just walked me through my piano book. After we moved, I continued doing this by myself and it was no different. So, you may not even need a teacher. If you want recitals, you actually can host your own. Some of my friends host "informal recitals" for people of all levels, and we've had everything from an amazing violin solo (after which I took my turn, introducing myself with "and now for something completely different") to armpit noises. That said, as an ex tutor (of math), I do know that instructors can provide encouragement, point you at where you're having trouble, give you the deadlines of your lessons to get your practicing done, and, uh, play duets with you, and who knows what other benefits! And learning new things like this has got to be good for brain health, without the dangers of, say, learning to ice skate. Plus making your own music is fun!
Dr Skull thinks I should do it because learning new things staves off Alzheimers, which is what killed my father, that and COVID.
What a terrible one-two punch!
He'd been in bad shape for a year or so, with the increasing dementia, so COVID took him out in about 48 hours.
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