Now that I have been studying piano for beginners online for several weeks, I would like to say a few words in appreciation of the internet. Because with the internet I have a chance to learn piano much more consistently and successfully than I would ever be able to learn with a teacher.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m all for full employment for piano teachers. I think piano teachers, like all teachers, should be paid more. And other people, like professional basketball players and bankers who send the global economy plummeting off a cliff, should be paid less. But that’s a discussion for a different blog.
As I was saying, I am fully in favor of learning piano, especially piano for beginners, from a real live teacher. But I would never be able to do it myself. There are two rather significant things standing between me and private piano lessons: time and money.
I am a self-employed single mother of two school-age kids. I juggle as much as I can as well as I can. During the school day, I work on my business. After school, we’ve got basketball practice and basketball games, speech therapy sessions, help with science projects and homework, the church youth group . . . well, you get the idea. Schedule a weekly piano lesson? Not for one of the kids, mind you, but for Mom? I just don’t see that happening.
But that great force of democracy, the internet, gives me the flexibility to study online. I can take my lessons when and as I can. I don’t have to make an appointment, reschedule an appointment, break an appointment or get frazzled trying to get to an appointment on time. I don’t have to cut into my work time to take an online piano lesson. Nor do I have to worry about how to take care of the kids during a lesson scheduled for an afternoon, evening or week-end. Some weeks, I have a little more time on my hands. I can practice as much as I want and progress with lessons as I go. Often, that’s in the evening after the kids are in bed. Other times, I have less time available. But even then I don’t experience the anxiety of staring down a piano teacher who gave me an “assignment” that I didn’t finish.
So the time factor is a definite reason to learn piano for beginners online instead of with a living, breathing teacher. Then there’s that other factor: money. As you know, I am studying with the Rocket Piano course. Well, the first six lessons are free. You can’t get more economical than free. Then, once I had finished with the free course, I purchased the premium course. The price was remarkably reasonable, considering everything you get. And it was a one-time fee, not a weekly or monthly stipend as with a private teacher. As I said before, I fully support fair wages for piano teachers. But, frankly, I wouldn’t be able to pay them right now, even if I had the time to take private lessons. Yet, by learning online with Rocket Piano, I have been able to handle both the time factor and the money factor. And here I am, learning to play the piano!
So I am adding yet another voice to the chorus in favor of the power and reach of the internet. And yet another reason: because of the internet, I’m learning how to play piano songs.
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