Make a New Year's Resolution to Become a Better Pianist

Posted by Yoke Wong on 1/10/2015 to Learn To Play Piano

New Year's ResolutionHave you always wanted to learn how to play the piano? Did you take a few piano lessons as a kid but haven't done anything to improve your skills in ages? New Year is the perfect time to make a resolution to become a better piano player. Don't put off doing something that you've wanted to do for years any longer. Now is the time to take action.

It is easy to make a resolution. Making a plan to follow through with it for the entire year involves a much bigger commitment. While it is great to say that you want to become a better piano player, you have to figure out how you're going to make that happen. Improving your piano playing abilities isn't something that happens overnight. It takes a long-term commitment to regular practicing and deliberate skill building.

Put together a set of goals for the year with realistic benchmarks for each month. For example, maybe right now you can only play single note melodies. A great goal for January would be learning how to add chords to these melodies. From there, you can work toward other skills, such as using the sustain petal or learning the major key signatures so that you can work on pieces in different keys.

Keep in mind that the goals that you write are intended to guide your piano playing resolution. They aren't set in stone. As you progress over the months, you can modify your goals as needed. If a month isn't long enough to learn how to add chores to simple melodies, stretch the goal out over two months. The important thing is to maintain goals so that you can keep working toward new achievements.

One of the best parts about learning to play the piano is that it is a versatile skill that you have for the rest of your life. Putting in daily practice time with routine skill work for a year isn't something that just ends when the year is over. The new skills that you acquire are skills that you'll be able to use and keep building upon for years to come. The possibilities for your piano playing are endless. It's up to you what pieces you would like to learn and just how far you want to take your abilities.

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"I've been playing piano for a couple years... a year ago, I started talking to my piano teacher about improvisation. She happens to be a skilled improviser... doesn't mean she's effective in teaching how to improv. Eventually I took some jazz piano lessons with another talented pianist and teacher. I figured jazz piano would be a good place to start... (it can be...), but you're working with modes and color chords and jazz patterns... I wanted something broader and I finally found it. For the cost of 3 piano lessons I've gained more in a month with this program than I had in 6 months with my other teachers. This course is easily worth the investment. The author has provided both visual and written material in an easy to follow structured format. I found the dvd to be more accessible for me... I can see what she is doing so it's like having an in-house piano teacher! I love the structure of this program in particular- it ties everything together. I do think it will help if you have a bit of knowledge of music theory under your belt... it'll make each lesson that much easier."

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6 Comments

Guillermo
Date: 1/12/2015
dear yoke have a happy new year I love you
Susan
Date: 1/12/2015
Having a closer walk with Christ!
DR. NISAR
Date: 1/12/2015
THNX DEAR YOKE WONG FOR NICE MAIL AND GOOD ADVICE YOU ARE ALWAS VERY KIND TO ME I M VERY UNFORTINARE AS I COULDNOT SUCCEED. ITS ALL BECAUSE I DID NOT GIVE TIME TO MY PIANO I STILL LOVE TO BE A PIONOSIST AS U KNOW THAT I AM AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON AND VERY MUCH BUSY IN MY HOSPITAL I THINK IT WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MY RETIREMENT LOT OF LOVE AND REGDS
David
Date: 1/12/2015
I am a Senior trying to learn this instrument and I am enjoying the journey. Happy New Year 2015 and continued success to you.
Ruth Ann Smith
Date: 1/12/2015
I always appreciate your encouragement. I am 75 years old. I taught myself to play piano when I was very young. At age 50 I took piano lessons for 5 years. I played "Variations" by Mozart at my final recital in 1994. My piano playing has improved but there is a part of me that wants to excel more. You are right... time, practice, and comittment. I appreciate the little demos you have sent with your e-mails. Love of music is in my heart and I am so grateful to God.
Rachel Baker
Date: 1/13/2015
Thanks for the encouragement. I enjoy your newsletters, they have been very helpful. Rachel

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