When I was seven years old, I wanted to take piano and ballet, both. My parents said that we couldn't afford both...
Why Piano?
When I was seven years old, I wanted to take piano and ballet, both. My parents said that we couldn't afford both. My mother sat me down and explained. She told me I could take ballet but I would not be able to dance forever. Your body will not let you, she said. That's hard for a seven-year-old to understand. However with piano there are doors open in many fields. You can do this all your life until your fingers won't let you anymore. I am not going to retire until my fingers will not let me teach any more.
How much do you learn?
Piano is a skill much like reading. Students learn discipline through the many hours of practice that the piano requires, but the rewards are limitless. The appreciation the child learns will be apparent when a child listens to someone else play because the child will understand the work that goes into playing the piano.
Who can learn Piano?
Ages 6-7 are the best years to introduce a youngster to music, but piano can be learned and enjoyed at any age. You are never too old to learn to play the piano. I have a student entourage of about 35 ranging in age from 6-76.
A young child must be able to count to 20, know the ABCs. and have an attention span of at least a half an hour. Otherwise. the piano would be another toy. You can play as long as your hands will let you play. If you have arthritis, playing the piano is sometimes the best thing for it.
Patricia Darnell is a private piano tutor with a home studio located in a quiet house on Lake Lanier, her studio comes alive with arpeggios and scales on a Kawai grand piano. Click Here to see her website