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Piano from zero as an adult

PRPriyanka Rao
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Started at 34 on a secondhand keyboard. Here's what I wish someone had handed me on day one.

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Thing

Get weighted keys if you can

My cheap unweighted keyboard made the switch to a real piano feel like lifting weights.

Circle of fifths

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

Learn to read bass clef properly, not by counting lines

I counted lines for four months. Don't be me.

Für Elise (the first page only, be honest)

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

15 minutes daily beats 2 hours on Sunday

A metronome

en.wikipedia.org

Humbling. Deeply humbling.

Gymnopédie No. 1

en.wikipedia.org

Slow, beautiful, and forgiving. Great first 'real' piece.

MuseScore

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

Get weighted keys if you can

My cheap unweighted keyboard made the switch to a real piano feel like lifting weights.

Thing

Learn to read bass clef properly, not by counting lines

I counted lines for four months. Don't be me.

Für Elise (the first page only, be honest)

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

15 minutes daily beats 2 hours on Sunday

Circle of fifths

en.wikipedia.org

MuseScore

en.wikipedia.org

A metronome

en.wikipedia.org

Humbling. Deeply humbling.

Gymnopédie No. 1

en.wikipedia.org

Slow, beautiful, and forgiving. Great first 'real' piece.

Thing

Get weighted keys if you can

My cheap unweighted keyboard made the switch to a real piano feel like lifting weights.

Circle of fifths

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

Learn to read bass clef properly, not by counting lines

I counted lines for four months. Don't be me.

Für Elise (the first page only, be honest)

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

15 minutes daily beats 2 hours on Sunday

A metronome

en.wikipedia.org

Humbling. Deeply humbling.

Gymnopédie No. 1

en.wikipedia.org

Slow, beautiful, and forgiving. Great first 'real' piece.

MuseScore

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

Get weighted keys if you can

My cheap unweighted keyboard made the switch to a real piano feel like lifting weights.

Thing

Learn to read bass clef properly, not by counting lines

I counted lines for four months. Don't be me.

Für Elise (the first page only, be honest)

en.wikipedia.org

Thing

15 minutes daily beats 2 hours on Sunday

Circle of fifths

en.wikipedia.org

MuseScore

en.wikipedia.org

A metronome

en.wikipedia.org

Humbling. Deeply humbling.

Gymnopédie No. 1

en.wikipedia.org

Slow, beautiful, and forgiving. Great first 'real' piece.

2 comments

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    Aisha Khan 2w

    Great resources, thank you for sharing.

  • ES

    Elena Sokolova 2d

    I'd swap the last two, but otherwise perfect.

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