I’ve written before about how my online piano course is a great way to learn how to play piano songs. It offers flexibility, I said. I don’t have to try to make it to a piano lesson. I don’t have to worry about whether I have made enough progress in any given week to keep the teacher from yelling at me. If I am busy with kids or work one week, I may not practice as much. If I have a it a little bit lighter with kids or work another week, I can practice more. I can learn to play piano songs my way, on my schedule, without negotiating with anyone else.
I didn’t mention another great convenience when I wrote about it before. Learning to play keyboard online spares you the embarrassment of being bad at something in front of anybody else. That sounds like a silly little concern. But it isn’t silly for me. And it probably isn’t silly for a lot of people.
I mean, it’s not like I don’t have lots of opportunities to be embarrassed in the rest of my life. I have plenty of opportunities to be embarrassed. And sometimes what is at stake is crucial, or at least pretty important, so I can’t just drop it to avoid embarrassment. For example, I had to bring the car in for emergency surgery a couple of weeks ago and didn’t have time to vacuum the crushed potato chips out of the back seat.
And besides times when I am embarrassed, there are lots of times when I need to manage expectations, deal with disappointment (no, we can’t go to McDonald’s), and otherwise juggle demands. So I really don’t need to be embarrassed any more than I already am.
It could be enough to dissuade me from learning how to play piano songs. It could be, that is, except that I have a way of learning piano that is completely anonymous and doesn’t expose me to public feelings of inadequacy. I do it online, in the privacy of my own home. My teacher doesn’t slap my knuckles with a ruler. She is online and on audio files and will never know when I make a mistake. Learning piano online is the perfect solution for a shy, sensitive, easily embarrassed person like me.
I am looking forward to the day when I have made enough progress in piano that I can play in front of others confidently and without fear of inadequacy. That day hasn’t yet arrived, but I am sure it will. In the meantime, I am having a ball and learning a lot with an excellent online piano course that not only teaches me how to play piano songs, but also saves me from embarrassment.
If you are ready to take the plunge without embarrassment, you should try Rocket Piano, too. If you aren’t sure whether you are ready to take the plunge or not, dip your foot in with the free 6-lesson course. You have nothing to lose with a free course!
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Here are a couple of very informative blog posts about learning jazz piano:
How to comp chords – comping chords on the piano – I got this question from a student: “I am struggling to comp rhythmically & unpredictably while improvising or playing from a lead sheet. I can comp chords in my left hand to a pattern (i.e., 4 to the floor or on the 1 & 3, … The Circle of Fifths (part 2) – Learning harmony using the Circle of Fifths. Using the circle of fifths, it is easy to learn diatonic harmony. Looking at the example below, you’ll notice a yellow rectangle around F-C-G and a red circle around the C. …
