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  • Learn how to play the piano or keyboard the way you like
  • It's not mandatory to read sheet music
  • Find out what you want to learn and go for it!
  • Don't practice piano technique if that's not what you want
  • Don't learn how to read piano sheet music if you don't like it
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Marco Lara - Piano Teacher

  • International Piano performer
  • Bachelor’s degree at Barcelona Conservatory (Honours)
  • Master’s Degree at Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Learn how to play the piano (3 Golden Rules - explained)

Before we get started with my golden rules let’s start stating that piano learning has no end, and everyday, when I give piano lessons in Brussels, I see it clearly. After more than 20 years studying music, piano performing more specifically, the ultimate conclusions I can share with you with absolute certainty are:

  • You don't have all the time in the world, focus on what you really want to do
  • What do you want to do? Accompanying, improvising, composing, learning piano sheet music?
  • Once you know what you want, focus on that. There's always time to change your path

Option 1: Learn Piano Chords & Harmony

What is a chord? A chord is the combination of 3 or more sounds. A sequency of chords will form the Harmony. So, what are you going to achieve if you learn chords & harmony? 

Authentique Perfect Musical Cadence
  • You'll learn the basics of music composition, harmony and music analysis in whatever instrument
  • You'll be able to accompany another instrument or yourself, for instance if you want to play and sing at the same time
  • You'll learn piano pieces much faster as you will get to understand the pilars of music: Harmony

Option 2: Learn Piano Songs - No piano sheet music reading required

Wait, what? Is that possible? Yes, of course. There are two ways you can learn how to play piano without reading notes:

  • Using your ear. Yes, it's extremely hard at the beginning, as you'll have to train your ear with in the past, intervals, scales and chords. I recommend an app I studied with: Ear Master
  • You can use Apps such as Musescore or Synthesia (there are Youtube Videos that you can use in order to do that, for example: Our Youtube Channel 😊

Option 3: Read Piano Sheet Music/Scores

If you want to learn how to play piano, time is not a problem, you love having solid basics and you expect to have at least 5 spare years to practice, then you want to learn how to read piano sheet music. Of course, this is the slowest way at the BEGINNING. Afterwards, you’ll learn piano songs 1000% faster. Believe me. Why?

  • Imagine you have to memorize a text of 10.000 words without knowing how to read the alphabet. What are you going to do? Listening to a recording 1 million times? Not at all. You want to structure, analyze the text you can organize it better in your head, and thus, memorize it way faster.
  • When you learn a piece without a music sheet (for instance with our Youtube Channel), yes, you are going to learn that piece but, you'll be able to play only that particular piano piece. Reading music notes allows you whatever song in the world. Well, as long as it's not too difficult for you, technically speaking
  • Rhythm (length of the notes) may get very, very, very, very, very tricky and subtle. Visually, with apps like Synthesia, it's impossible to perceive those little differences. Do you want to have a messy playing or a precise one?
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Extra Tip: Learning music theory will help.

The more you learn how to play piano, the more you understand how music works, the sooner you’ll realize what you need. You can always Learn Music Theory with Damvibes, through our articles, so you can actually learn what you really like and what you really want to achieve.

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