As with the violin, many deceive us by saying that it is difficult to play. People who generally don’t know anything about music are the ones who tell us that playing the piano is difficult unless you learn it at a very young age.
This is a lie, because playing the piano is something that we can all do if we insist on trying to achieve it. People who say you can’t, maybe it’s because they couldn’t, but that doesn’t mean you can’t.
Playing the piano may well be faster than you think, in fact in less than 5 months if you are constant in practice you will be able to notice an incredible advance in playing the piano, since you will acquire great versatility with your hands.
To tell the truth, if you learn to play an instrument you will also increase your brain activity, which will help you when doing some intellectual work such as studying or writing, because it will be easier for you to find logical solutions for this kind of problems.
In addition to this, playing the piano is the first thing that is taught to study composition and singing in most countries, so if you want to study singing, you must first have knowledge of piano.
In case you want to play the piano you can read these basic instructions and put them to the test as soon as possible to achieve optimal results in a short time.
What do you need to play the piano?
- An electric piano or keyboard
Instructions for playing the piano
- Start by familiarizing yourself with the notes and keys. To learn to play the piano, you must first know where the keys are and what they are called. The octaves begin in Do, and are followed by the notes Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, and repeat with Do. You will have to learn them to play the piano. On a common piano there are about 7 octaves made up of 7 notes, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Sí. These are the white notes on the piano, the black ones are separate and imply different sounds. The black notes are Fa#, Sol#, La#, C#, D#, Fa#, Sol#, A#, C#, and D#, plus these notes are found between 2 sets of white notes on top.
- Learn to use both hands. If you only use one hand your brain will not get used to having activity on both sides, when playing the piano, you must use both hands, so start with a simple melody. Perhaps some beginner chords will suffice, these chords are very simple, also try note by note with your fingers, always keeping order in your fingers. You just have to do it every day until your hands get used to playing that tune.
- Learn to accommodate your hands. If you extend your fingers a lot when playing the piano, your fingers will get very tired and also quickly numb. To play the piano, you should have your fingers pointed slightly downward, as if you were reaching for a doorknob or making a half fist, not too closed and not too open. Do not raise your wrists or you will get tired faster, nor do you lower your fingers too much because you will not be able to move them quickly.
- Learn to move your fingers. You must use all the fingers of the hand to play the piano, the middle keys, play them with the middle, index, middle and ring fingers, while with the final keys play them with the thumb and little finger. Try to use all your fingers and not just a few, as this is a common beginner mistake.
- Start with slow melodies. Don’t try to play very fast or complex melodies in your composition. Start with a simple melody that you can preferably play key by key. A very simple melody that you can use to start accustoming both hands to playing the piano is, Do, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Fa, with the right hand, and Mi, Do, Fa, Mi , Re, Mi, Fa, Do, Fa, with the left hand facing the opposite direction, try to play this melody simultaneously and up scales on the piano. It is important to involve both hands in playing, but if it is difficult for you to play with both hands, use one first, and then the other, let your hands get used to it, and then when you get familiar with the keys, try playing with both hands, You will see that little by little you will be able to do it well.
- Learn to read staves and differentiate sounds. Another very important thing to be able to play the piano is knowing how to read sheet music because with them we will guide ourselves when playing, it is also important that you identify the sounds that the piano emits, for this, listen to piano melodies that you like, the more familiar you are the song is for you, the faster you can play it on the piano. It is advisable that you listen to the melody several times even if you don’t play the piano, you can put the melody on your iPod for example, to listen to it frequently.
- Be constant and don’t give up. It is with perseverance that you will be able to advance when playing the piano, do not believe when someone says that it is difficult to play the piano, because that is a lie, just be constant. You will not be able to play professionally from one day to the next, it may take a few months to achieve it, but if you do it with commitment and perseverance you will be able to play the piano very well.
- Every time you feel your hands getting numb from playing for long periods of time, shake them gently so that the blood settles. Move your hand around and let it relax, perhaps even for a few minutes so that you feel better and can continue playing the piano.
Tips for playing the piano
- Try to play a melody you like, start small until you can play it all the way through, and do it daily until you get used to it.
- You can try to play any melody you like, you can even watch tutorials and follow them to play it smoothly. Piano synthesia videos help a lot to be able to play the piano at the same time that we see and hear the melody, so
- Visit the category of how to learn music or teach music to have better knowledge about the world of music.