best app to learn piano for beginners Now it's YOUR turn to be the life and soul of the party!. Click Here 👈 So, I started...
best app to learn piano for beginners
Now it's YOUR turn to be the life and soul of the party!. Click Here 👈
So, I started my piano adventure with the app Flow Key. And the number one reason for that was that I didn't want to learn how to read sheet music. I just found it way too complicated. All I wanted was to play my favorite video game music as fast as possible. And Faky totally made that happen for me. Within just a few weeks of daily practice, I was able to play one of my all-time favorite pieces, the title theme music of the Nintendo 64 classic, Zelda Ocarina of [Music] Time. It's quite an advanced piece for a total beginner, and I was so proud of myself when I was finally able to play it. It brought back so many good memories of my childhood. So many good memories of the time I spent with family and friends and so many so many good memories of the time I spent with my grandparents who sadly passed some time ago. This was exactly the reason why I wanted to play the piano to relive those magic moments and Flow Key helped me do that in a pretty short amount of time. So, I connected my digital piano to my phone or tablet, either via Bluetooth or cable, picked a song I liked, and followed the hand movements in the video. The app recognized the keys I pressed and waited for me before moving on to the next note. I could practice each hand separately at first, and once I felt more confident, I would play with both hands together. I repeated that over and over until I picked up speed and could play the whole piece the way it was meant to be played. So, it was pretty straightforward. The big downside of this method was that I didn't learn any foundational musical skills. Like, I couldn't read notes, had no clue about rhythm, and honestly, I didn't even feel the rhythm. I was just memorizing which key to press at what specific time. It was just pure muscle memory. That's it. It felt like I was cutting corners, sheeting my way to quick success. So, every time I wanted to learn a new piece, I started again from zero. There was no transition of skill from one piece to another. And if I didn't keep practicing a piece, I'd forget about it completely. And that made the whole piano learning experience with Flow Key very frustrating. Eventually, I gave up playing and my piano sat there collecting dust for what felt like an eternity. Maybe my music teacher back in school was right after all when he chose me to play the triangle. Maybe I really didn't have any musical talent. Maybe I just wasn't the kind of person who was meant to play an [Music] instrument. Over a year later, not touching the piano once, I stumbled upon one of those silly, simply piano ads on YouTube. Usually, I skipped this kind of stuff as fast as possible. But for some reason, I clicked on the ad and downloaded the app. I mean, I had nothing to lose. I could just try the 7-day trial and then cancel if I didn't like Simply Piano. So, I dusted off my piano and started again. I knew if I wanted to take the whole piano thing seriously this time, there would be no way around learning how to read sheet music. And Simply Piano promised exactly that, to learn how to read sheet music. Technically, the app worked pretty much the same way as Flowy. I connected my piano to my tablet or phone using Bluetooth or a cable, and the app recognized every key I pressed. But this app felt way more structured and guided, which I liked. It walked me through everything step by step, and each lesson built on the last one. From day one, it had me reading sheet music, and for the first time, I felt like I was actually getting how music works, learning something new little by little, day by day. It all started with four basic modules where the app walked me through reading and playing the first five notes starting with my right hand. Then came the left hand and after that super slowly it started having me play with both hands at the same time. Once I had those fundamentals down I could choose my own path. I could go for classical music or start to learn chords playing multiple keys at once to create those very rich and full sounds. So far, this feeling of progress, celebrating those small successes, made me stick to learning the piano for the longest time. And by the time I'm making this video, I'm at day 103 of using Simply Piano four to five times a week. And I document my whole piano journey on this YouTube channel, so you can take a look for yourself. But it wasn't all sunshine and rainbow either. I went from playing pretty advanced piano pieces to starting again from zero. Uh, learning what middle C looks like in sheet music, and my ego didn't really like that at all. But the playful and rewarding nature of simply piano helped me push through that stage. And if you never played the piano before, this isn't something you need to worry about anyway. You are starting fresh, so there's no piano ego in the way. So, what would I do if I was in your shoes and I had to start all over again. Honestly, if you like the idea of learning with an app, I would start with a simply piano. Just use it as long as you feel like you are actually making progress. Don't worry about what others are doing or saying. Stick with it for as long as it feels helpful to you. For example, I got the most out of Simply Piano during the first 12 weeks or so. But then I realized that I wanted to complement my piano learning with some daily five minute note practice uh using flashcards. I'm also thinking about using Flowia again and learning one of the beautiful pieces of the free version of the app. It's a bit like working out in the gym. I have my foundational workouts, which is the handholding step-by-step course structure of Simply Piano. But sometimes I also like to go for a run, like learning something new outside of the app, keeping the whole piano adventure fresh and fun. So, if you ask me, start with Simply Piano and build that solid musical foundation and then shape your piano journey however you want it from there. ...
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