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  Is the Pentatonic Piano Method For You?

 

You finally have the instrument of your dreams - your first piano or keyboard.  You are eager and determined to fulfill your dream and realize your goal of learning to play the piano.  You touch a few of the keys, try to remember some of the songs you taught yourself to play as a kid - Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater with your fist rolling along on the keys and the infamous Heart and Soul come back from the recesses of your mind. 

 

Ah, this feels good - you can remember how to play the piano.  But wait, what's next?  How do you move on from your glorious rendition of Heart and Soul to, well, something more substantial?  Just how does an adult to really learn how to play the piano?

 

The piano playing experience is very personal.  Every adult who comes to the piano for the first time or comes back to the piano after giving it up as a child or young adult has a different idea about what they want to learn and how they want to use their piano skills.  The ideas are too numerous to count.

 

Some adults have a particular piece of music they must learn like the Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise or the Canon in D.  Others want to just sit down and play what they hear on their iPod.  Still others want to play hymns, or jazz, or pop songs, or classical pieces, or some of everything. 

 

Some adults want to play purely for themselves as enjoyment.  Some want to be able to play Christmas carols and Happy Birthday. Others want to make a YouTube video and send it out to the world.  Some want to just play songs on the piano today, some want to play by-ear and others need to know every detail of music theory.

 

There is a method for every adult beginner and there is a teacher for every adult beginner.  Just like clothes - there is a style for every individual.  The challenge comes in matching your desires and goals with the method and teacher so you can excel and play piano in your way in your time.

 

The pentatonic or five note system is one proven method for learning to play songs quickly.  It is a method that allows a person to make music on their new instrument in an easy rote style.  Playing mainly on the black keys, the system encourages a person to develop technique first by immediately playing melodies with the right hand and accompaniment patterns with the left. 

 

In the process of learning well-known and well-loved melodies, the novice pianist learns the make-up of the keyboard and the hands and fingers discover how to move efficiently.  Because there is no note reading involved at first, the ear is also developed and the freedom to be creative is encouraged.

 

The pentatonic method to learn to play the piano is a match for those who want to hear themselves play songs quickly and easily.  Songs from the classical, hymn, pop, and folk idiom can easily be explored with this method.  It is a match for those who want to play a particular song such as the Canon, for those who want to play purely for enjoyment, for those who want to play for their family and friends and even for those who want to be YouTube ready in a few days. 

 

The pentatonic method is a must for those who simply want to play songs on the piano today.

 

 

The piano playing experience is very personal.  Every adult who comes to the piano for the first time or comes back to the piano after giving it up as a child or young adult has a different idea about what they want to learn and how they want to use their piano skills.  The ideas are too numerous to count. There is a method for every adult beginner.

The pentatonic method to learn to play the piano is a match for those who want to hear themselves play songs quickly and easily.  Songs from the classical, hymn, pop, and folk idiom can easily be explored with this method. The pentatonic method is a must for those who simply want to play songs on the piano.