Andrea Paul - Piano Book for Adult Beginners

Piano Book for Adult Beginners

Teach Yourself Famous Piano Solos and Easy Piano Sheet Music, Vivaldi, Handel, Music Theory, Chords, Scales, Exercises,

By

Andrea Paul

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

Everyone has heard about the benefits of teaching children how to play instruments, but it seems that adults are often left out of the spotlight. So much so, that some adults think they cant learn an instrument. This is absolutely false! You can learn how to play an instrument at any age, there is just a different approach. Also, there are just as many benefits for adults looking to learn.

Learning an instrument, like piano, teaches your body to react more quickly to cues, which can improve your reflexes. It can also give you an opportunity to socialize with others if you are taking a class or in an online group for piano beginners. This can be a huge benefit for people who live alone or are looking to expand their social circle.

Playing an instrument can even help you to increase the amount of gray matter in your brain because it stimulates cell growth. Children have the advantage of dedicating the brain cells their bodies are making solely to music, but adults can forge new connections in their brains to create their musical ability. This can help you to become better with literacy, spatial awareness, and memory.

Perhaps the best reason for adults to pick up piano is because it can help to relieve stress. Music is a great way to release happy chemicals in your brain and combat the stress that follows you home from work or errands or sitting in traffic. Playing music can be your outlet to unwind, destress, and be a more relaxed, happy person.

How This Works

This book will start you off with the very basics of piano and work you up to more advanced exercises and pieces of music. It outlines practice routines, gives examples of different exercises, and explains certain techniques that can all help you to develop a variety of abilities on the keyboard.

It begins with a brief introduction to why music is good for your brain and health and outlines some of the key differences between learning as an adult and as a child. Then it moves into music theory, basic exercises, and some song suggestions to get you started with playing classical pieces and more modern songs.

The chapters are designed to walk you through the steps of learning piano so that you are well-informed at each new level. As you read, you can become more confident in your knowledge and abilities and work diligently to teach yourself the piano. You will have the resources you need to develop your skills on your own time and at your own pace.

If you are looking for an approachable, fun, easy guide to the piano basics, then youre in the right place. Everything you need to know to get started on the piano is in these pages. Its a one-stop solution to all the questions you might have as a beginner, complete with exercise suggestions to give you hands-on training.

Learning a new skill can be difficult when you do it alone, but most adults dont have time to make it to a piano lesson between work and other responsibilities. Its not impossible to teach yourself, you just need the right tools. If youre planning to go this route, then the information in these chapters will be invaluable to you.

In the beginning, you might struggle to understand the terminology in your workbooks or on your sheet music. Determining what symbols and instructions mean can be difficult when you dont even know what to call them or how to identify them. With this book as a resource, youll have multiple sections that help you to discern what symbols mean and what they are called.

Without someone watching you play, it can be hard to tell if you are playing things correctly. Luckily, there are sections throughout the chapters that explain how you should sit, position your arms and hands, and sound when you play piano. They offer suggestions of how to keep track of your sound and keep an eye out for common mistakes that might affect the way you play.

It can be exhausting to scour the internet looking for a resource that accurately answers your question. You might spend hours finding an article or video that explains a concept in a way you can understand, without all of the musical terminology. This book is your one stop resource for every question you could have as a beginner. Dont waste time searching for answers that are buried in pages of web results; look at the table of contents and flip straight to your answer.

How to Read This Book

The way you read this book depends on how you plan to structure your learning. One way to do it is to read it in its entirety, taking notes throughout, and then jump into learning the piano with your new knowledge. You might prefer to take things in stride as you learn, though. In this case, you can read a chapter of the book to preface your lesson for the day or week and then sit at your piano and implement what youve learned.

Learning an Instrument

Learning how to play an instrument can be one of the most fun and exciting things you do. Although most musicians start when they are children, you can still pick up musical abilities as an adult. Its easy for children to pick up music because their brains are constantly growing and adapting, so the techniques literally become etched in their minds. As an adult, youre brain isnt in its formative years anymore, but you still create new cells and connections that help you to learn music. Plus, listening to and playing music has tons of benefits for both mental and physical health.

Musics Effects

You might not think about it when you turn up the radio or press play on your music app, but music affects your brain. Dont worry, its in a good way. Music stimulates more areas of the brain than any other activity. This means it can have various effects on us such as reducing stress, pain, and symptoms of depression. It even improves cognitive functions, motor skills and learning, which is why a lot of mothers play music for their babies. Even neurodegenerative diseases respond well to music.

All of these effects are based on the way different parts of the brain react to music. The two main areas that light up in everyone are the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe. The frontal lobe is where you have your decision-making skills and planning abilities; when you listen to music, these functions are enhanced. The temporal lobe is where our brain processes the sounds we hear. It works extra hard when listening to music because it spans across both brain hemispheres. The left side processes the words in a song and the right side processes the sounds.