Playing the Piano - A Dream Fulfilled

Why would an adult decide to learn to play the piano? To start something totally new, something never tried before, something incredibly challenging? Probably for one of three reasons: it is a life-long dream and something they know they should not have given up as a child, it is something they feel they could do in their free time to relax and relieve stress, or they want to be the life of the party or the one of their group playing a song on the piano on YouTube.

For many adults, taking piano lessons was something they were "forced" to do as a child. "Forced" to sit inside on sunny days while their friends played baseball and practice funny songs from the John Thompson book and if they advanced far enough, "forced" to play scales and chord progressions. However, most adults remember those "forced" practice sessions with nostalgia wishing that their parents had not "let" them quit. Wishing they had persevered and were one of a handful of adults in their group who really could play the piano.

So, the adult piano lessons begin. The dream will be fulfilled. They will take up just where they left off in their piano study. John Thompson will come out of the piano bench at the parent's home, and the search will be on for a new teacher. Someone inspiring because this time, they are not being "forced" to practice. As an adult they know they will "want" to practice.

However, sometimes the desire and the reality of learning music and learning the motor skills to play the piano just do not mesh. The desire is great but the discipline it takes to plunk out note after hard to decipher note on a music staff is daunting. It is like learning Japanese as music has language all its own. Patiently, week after week, the teacher explains the concepts time and time again. "This empty looking note sitting on this line get two counts and you push this key on the piano to play that note." Suddenly the beginning adult pianist realizes that John Thompson's songs are actually as boring as an adult as they were as a child. The adult is now "forced" to make himself practice to realize the dream of playing the piano.

The pentatonic system of learning the piano helps an adult fulfill their dream far more quickly than John Thompson ever could. With this system the beginning pianist is presented with the five black keys on the piano and with those five notes can create some beautiful music. Technical motor skill development will start with the first lesson with not only the right hand, but with both hands. The dream of playing songs on the piano will be realized! The practice will be enjoyable, the memory of being "forced" to play will dim and the adult will fondly remember their piano experiences of the past with joy and will look to their piano playing future with pride.

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