How Many Times A Week Should You Go To Piano Lessons?

Usually students take piano courses once a week.

If that’s all you desired to know, then thanks for reading.

On the other hand if you just give me a minute of your time, I’ll tell you why that’s often not the best way to go.

I myself think the best approach to response to this question is to look at the best of the best and see how often they took piano courses.

Some of the best pianists in the past, likely had lessons on a daily basis. We will frequently find that main authors and pianists came from a musical experience and their earliest tutors were often one of their parents. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven just to name a few had parents who were musicians and probably gave them daily lessons.

Piano Training is NOT Sufficient

This is how weekly piano lessons should work. The piano trainer listens to what the student trained in the previous week. The coach would then provide recommendations on how to get better or explain new ideas to develop the young pianist both technically and musically. From there, they may add some training tips and suggestions on what and how to train in the succeeding week. The student would then train for a week according to the trainers suggestions and this would continue from week to week.

Unfortunately this is very rarely the way lessons happen. This all concludes one very important thing. That the student in fact practiced. Unfortunately more often than not the coach will come to a lesson only to discover that the student did not practice. Oh no! What does the coach do now? Train with the student of course!

That’s what turns out if the student just did not practice, but sadly even if the student DID practice this may still be the outcome. Why? Because piano practicing is hard.

Why Piano Learning is Challenging

Let’s think about what we’re requesting young children, perhaps as young as 5, to do. The best way to train is to eliminate all diversions sit down at the piano and sort out on segments of music that the student cannot yet play.

Playing from the start of a presentation is more often than not an inefficient use of time. Playing a small section gradually and precisely is often a condition of good train. Then repeating it over and over and over. Then they would want to pin point a different minor segment they are not comfortable with and do it once again.

I’m over making things easier here, but the point is to aid us realise how difficult that is. How long should rehearse be? I would be pleased with 15 minutes from a young child and 30 minutes from an older child. How many five year olds do you know that could focus effectively for fifteen minutes without getting distracted. Or even better, how many grown-ups do you know that could do the same?

And yet piano teachers anticipate that type of training every week from their students. Realistically it is rarely if ever going to happen that way. But an interesting thing happens when the tutor is sitting there. You have the teacher leading the student telling them what they need to rehearse and how many times to repeat it. The trainers can put right bad habits and improper stance. These are things a young child, or even an adult would have a hard time doing in a determined way.

How Frequent Should Piano Learning Be?

For full success lessons should be held as frequent as possible. If a student can allow lessons day-to-day, they’ll develop many multiples quicker than a student taking lessons once a week. It’s as easy as that. Most of the lessons will be the trainer just rehearsing with the student. But that train is completely invaluable.

Realistically

No not many of us can have enough money to take a lesson daily with their coach. Not only that, but not every person needs to become the next Mozart. So deciding how frequent to take lessons really depends on your objectives. Contemplate about just what you’re looking for in lessons. Let’s outline some common goals.

Goals for Piano Practice

• Play one specific piece
• Play for my wedding
• Be able to play as a diversion
• Study serious as a lasting pursuit
• Make it a job

If your ambitions for piano lessons is just to play one piece, evidently lessons everyday indeed aren’t wanted. You may actually be able to even study on your own! A piano teacher will always be ready to lend a hand and create the music sound the finest it can. If budget is an issue though, see if you can find a lesson of the piece on YouTube. If you never want to learn anything new, then it matters a lot less whether you are playing absolutely accurately or not.

Although this all changes if you desire to, or you want your kid to take this indeed sincerely. It doesn’t take place often, however I have a few students that would take an hour lesson three days a week, and then another hour of music theory for a total of 4 hours a week of lessons. These students are always the finest.

You become what you put in. If you don’t take lessons very honestly, you won’t get as much satisfaction out of lessons as if you put your full emotion into it. As a pianist I can tell you that the joy that arises from playing beautiful music is boundless. Don’t miss out!