Do you think I can learn how to play the keyboard using this book? Anyone got experience learning piano/keyboard, self-taught? Any links to resources? Tips etc?
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I was never able to learn to read music but playing piano/keyboard will come naturally to any human who practices 💯
It can take a long time to get to where you can use both hands at once, then the learning progress speeds up
how do you play if you don't read music?
If you mess with a keyboard for long enough, you'll probably find yourself making up some of your own music, and also sometimes just randomly noticing a sequence of notes that sounds familiar and tweaking it until you figure out how to play something you've heard
Some people get skilled enough to just watch what other people play in person or in videos and then kinda copy what they see
The Suzuki method teaches music without reading. The theory is the same as how a child learns a language, through listening first before reading
Simple answer is yes. In fact, there are dozens of books all built around the same core principles and you can choose any one or more to build a practice around. As with nearly all motor skills oriented challenges, a regular, systematic long term approach will get the best results. Give yourself at least a year, preferably two as a time frame before making any decisions about whether it’s for you or not. 🎵
Try it on your own until you hit a wall then you might want to have an in person lesson to get feedback.
I am doing something similar learning guitar: daily self-guided practice, making slow but consistent progress for two months. Added weekly lessons with an instructor to make little leaps forward and fix bad habits.
The face to face lessons are motivating and feel like a reward for the self-guided practice through the week.