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Am i too old to learn piano?

• Am i too old to learn piano?

First of all, the peculiarity of the older students are very clearly: The brain is more flexible than your hands. Most of them are very clear about how to play piano, just not like children. By the way, unless each student has a musical foundation, or I will take them to practice a month of singing for ear-training, this thing is extremely helpful for later practice. It’s very inefficient for the people who do not have a musical foundation. When he has a basic understanding of different sound, more easier for practicing.

• How to do piano practice?

Personally, I believe that the teaching process needs to pay more attention to the foundation, but not practice hard everyday. Do not need go into skillful things seriously. The most important foundation for older students is the finger's independence and flexibility, rather than some sort of scale, trill and arpeggio. The most suitable for this practice is the first class of hanon piano exercises, it is easy to practicing the independent of the 10 fingers easy to practice the correct hand shape.



Older students has a certain purpose for learn piano, the simplest and most basic is to play some of your favorite songs, whatever pop music or classic music. But you're aiming for Richard Clayderman's partial classic music, then will be more than one or two years. One of my friend want to learn the “Canon”, i told her not to play this song for three years. Because it’s really difficult for the beginner to play this song. Maybe someone will say that “It’s enough for me to practicing hard of this song”. This mentality is not only difficult to train the song you want, and even you finish the practice is still full of loopholes. This is useless work. The level of the song depends on how much foundation you have, if you want to learn more skillful songs, it is possible to practicing the songs which are contrapose the specific skills, but it shouldn’t be focus on one song.

• Summary of experiences

Your piano level is based on what you have learn and mastered so far. Make sure which level do you wanna play, then focus on practice the specific skill of this level. There is no shortcut to learning piano, do not work as opportunistic. 

1. The size of the hand does not affect the practice of the piano. The advantage of big hands only in the high-level performance will be reflected. 
2. Here to mention a very important practice errors: the most important thing of practicing is to practice fingering, followed by the rhythm, the sound is the least important! Do not play the correct sound in order to modify the fingering. Many students in order to "sound comfortable" will keep the practice of fingering exercises behind them mind, it is simply not up to the purpose of practice. Please be sure to pay attention for these points. Remember the ear is lying to you, the finger is honest!
3. When we practice, we must first force on power off pressing, and then independent of all fingers, flexible train of thought at last. First practicing the power of fingers, remember do not use the wrist and arm, completely use the strength of fingers. Independent of the fingers is mean any one finger playing time will not be disturbed by other fingers, also will not interfere with other fingers, then you can think about the flexibility.
4. The focus of the exercise must not the sound. The first step is to get the right of hand-shaped, pay more attention to your playing habits unless you will get the wrong hand-shaped of playing in the medium term.
5. How to get the right of hand-shaped? Let me tell you: Every time you play, you can hear the sound of the fingertip nails hitting the keys. It is ok for the joint of fingers and hands must bulging. Remember pay more attention to your hand-shaped that will be okay, piano is not that difficult to learn.