{"id":799,"date":"2022-05-14T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T05:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/?p=799"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T01:55:55","slug":"want-to-learn-the-piano-read-this-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/want-to-learn-the-piano-read-this-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to learn the piano? Read this first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P125.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Go ahead and learn the piano if&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You like a challenge. And you have a &#8220;never give up&#8221; attitude.<\/li><li>You are willing to commit some time (preferably daily) to practicing.<\/li><li>You accept that learning the piano properly takes a lot of time, effort, and patience.<\/li><li>You understand that you will have good days and bad days. Tip: practice more on good days, and practice less on the bad.<\/li><li>You already have an instrument to practice on. If not, you are willing to purchase a decent piano, whether acoustic or digital.<\/li><li>You can find a good and sympathetic teacher who will guide you on this piano learning journey. Such a teacher will be a valuable asset to you and he or she will be able to motivate and inspire you. Tip: <a aria-label=\"read my reviews (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/testimonials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">read my reviews<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Don&#8217;t learn the piano if&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You dislike and are scared of challenges. And you give up easily.<\/li><li>You are not willing to allot time for practice. &#8220;I&#8217;m too busy&#8221; is the most-often heard excuse. Your ship will never sail out of the harbour!<\/li><li>You&#8217;re an impatient person. And you expect things to always be easy.<\/li><li>You&#8217;re a procrastinator. Many students keep putting off practicing. I hate to tell you this, but there are no shortcuts to playing the piano well. <em>You have to practice!<\/em><\/li><li>You don&#8217;t want to get a decent instrument to practice on. Forget about learning the piano if you think you can just go to your friend&#8217;s house to practice occasionally. You definitely need your own piano!<\/li><li>You want to find a teacher who charges the cheapest rates (and probably lives nearby to you) Experienced teachers come at a premium but like everything else, you get what you pay for. It&#8217;s usually inexperienced teachers who charge cheap rates to entice would-be students.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go ahead and learn the piano if&#8230; You like a challenge. And you have a &#8220;never give up&#8221; attitude. You are willing to commit some time (preferably daily) to practicing. You accept that learning the piano properly takes a lot of time, effort, and patience. You understand that you will have good days and bad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-music-teaching"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipyeoh.com\/mymusicallife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}