Learn Piano Overnight - Don't believe the hype!
I teach piano and I honestly believe I do it better than most. Actually, it's a part of my personality to try to make ANYTHING I do easier. If I could reinvent the wheel to make it run better I would. But one thing I really hate is those ads that tell you you can learn piano overnight. This is like saying you can learn to write a great novel or paint a great picture overnight.
Ok, you could be taught how to construct sentences or how to put paint on a canvas - that's the easy part - but could you teach someone who has no prior experience how to write a novel or 'paint' in an artistic way overnight? I don't think so.
Trust me, you CANNOT learn to play the piano overnight - it's IMPOSSIBLE. I think the problem is in the wording - in the implied promise of perfect musicianship in a flash. You could learn to play a piano scale overnight, or a few piano chords, maybe even a few rhythms but that's about it.
Don't get me wrong, there ARE shortcuts and I have found most of them but you will still need to practice and work at it. Your hands will take time to get used to the strange new shapes you are forcing them into. Your mind can only take so much in at a time. If you've never been taught the piano it will take a while just to figure out the names of the keys.
So be realistic, if a piano method promises overnight success I guarantee you it will first of all take you all night just to READ their advice, THEN they will most likely teach you about chords, rhythms, patterns and so on. If you find the Holy Grail and end up working in a piano bar two days after you started a piano method from scratch let me know I'd LOVE to hear about it.
Maybe there are a few Mozarts out there who COULD learn the piano overnight but if there are I reckon they won't be looking for a piano method because they'll aready be in Carnegie Hall perfoming!
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