What does a person need to become a pianist? A piano and a desire to play? Or is there more to it than that?
Definitely a keyboard instrument is a necessity. Having an instrument on which to develop your skills and share your music is a must if a person is to become a pianist.
Having a method to study and a teacher to guide you are also important.
However, most everything else that allows a person to become a pianist is intrinsic. These are values that come from inside a person. We will say that the first intrinsic value, the innate desire is there to become a pianist, but what else is necessary?
Ability
Attention to detail
Drive
Effort
Goal Orientation
Passion
Patience
Perseverance
Time
Understanding
To understand what it takes to become a pianist a person must take the journey in his or her own way, using his or her own abilities, fulfilling his or her own dreams, passions and desires with effort, patience and perseverance in his or her own time.
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