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Learn To Play Piano - Follow Your Dream

Written by Kathy Ferneau

Everyone wants to learn to play piano. What a wonderful feeling to be able to sit down and produce beautiful music from one of the most beautiful and versatile instruments ever created. But it can be overwhelming. Don't worry, though--you can learn to play piano!

Determine your motive when you learn to play piano
What do you want from the piano? That's the question you need to ask yourself from the beginning. Do you want to play classical music? Would you like to play for a church service? Maybe join a rock band or country western group? How about becoming an accompanist? Or maybe you would like to play pop music for your own enjoyment.

There are so many avenues for the pianist. Just pick your favorite and you're ready to learn to play piano!

Get your piano
Obviously, you need an instrument to play. You can rent, borrow, or buy one to get started. Prices range from free to hundreds of thousands of dollars. You will probably select one in the middle somewhere.

Ask around and you can probably find someone who has a piano they want to get rid of. Look in the newspaper classifieds or try an on-line site.

If you don't want to pay a lot, you can find something used or get an inexpensive keyboard. That will get you started. Electric keyboards have the added features of sounds, rhythms, and all kinds of fun things. You can also use head phones if noise is a problem where you live.

When you're ready, you can look into fine grand pianos.

Piano instruction
Piano lessons are necessary to learn to play piano. Today there are so many choices.

• Find a teacher in your area.
• Buy a piano lesson book.
• Obtain an interactive course with videos and DVDs.

Now have fun
That's a sneaky way of saying practice! Seriously, though, just start playing. The key to keeping it fun is to realize that you will always be better than you were the day before. Play a new song every day. Put on a CD and play along. Click another button on the digital piano and play with the bassoon sound. Turn on the waltz rhythm. Just put your fingers on the keys and get started.

Make it more fun by involving friends. Have a sing along, invite over a bass player and have a jam session. Remember, it's never too late to pursue your dream of playing the piano. Just do it!

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