I’ve been learning piano for about 4 months and my piano teacher seems like she’s operating at a level that’s just not appropriate for me. Beginner pieces have to be “emotional” and deep and perfect. She insists on me learning how to half-pedal, learning the difference between “normal” staccato and Bach staccato, and all this other nutty stuff. I expect to have to work hard and practice, but to spend 6 weeks on a piece I memorized and execute 90% well 2 weeks in seems insane.
Music is hard. It needs to be perfect, or no one will care. No matter what you do, it could always be better, never stop practising and giving your absolute best and then make it better. You can’t just think “oh i got this” coz that is what will trip you up. Alternatively just fuck her senseless
Cooper Martin
I’m starting piano @ 29 years old tho so
Also my piano teacher is hot, but she’s got 3 kids and I saw a cold sore on her lip
Lincoln Powell
I feel you man. Maybe your teacher doesn't know what are your goals in music. If you want to achieve some sort of classical piano proficiency I really think she is giving you the right tools I guess
Jaxson Carter
I guess I’m just suggesting that maybe more quantity at acceptable quality is better for someone just starting than very little quantity at the highest quality. But I’m a scientist in my profession, not a musician, so I have no idea.
Henry James
Kinda ... But in the end it all comes down to why you are learning piano in the first place?
Zachary Jenkins
To learn how to play classical music in a way that I can enjoy playing pieces for myself and others in informal settings, hopefully getting good enough to play day play some medium difficulty pieces by Mendelssohn and Chopin.
Music teacher here. Get a different teacher. That simple. Other than showing beginners where to put their hands and other fundamental shit, 90% of the job is criticism. Stop being subservient to the bitch. Schedule lessons with a different person and ditch the woman. If she’s desperate enough for work to follow up, be blunt and inform her that her priorities are out of order and suck the joy out of music. Remind her that piano teachers are dime-a-dozen amongst church housewives; and it doesn’t make sense to pretend you can’t do better than her.
