I want to teach myself to play the piano?

Question:My grandma gave a keyboard a few years ago and I really want to learn how to play it, but I don't have enough money/time for real lessons. So I just want to know what I can do to teach myself how to play, like what is the easyest way to learn notes and where can I find diffrent finger excersizes that I can do once I learn them? Any pointers and help will be much appreciated!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My grandma gave a keyboard a few years ago and I really want to learn how to play it, but I don't have enough money/time for real lessons. So I just want to know what I can do to teach myself how to play, like what is the easyest way to learn notes and where can I find diffrent finger excersizes that I can do once I learn them? Any pointers and help will be much appreciated!

Here's the thing; if you don't have lessons at least to get started right, then you might not catch little mistakes in, say, fingering or hand position. Those little mistakes become bad habits and turn into huge impediments; in some cases, repetitive motion injuries. You don't want to take a risk at carpal tunnel, do you?

So save up enough for maybe a dozen weekly lessons. That will start you off well enough. To save money, try advertising at the music department of a local college--a note on their bulletin board might land you a piano major who will teach on-campus for cheap(er).

Then, to save money on instructional materials, shop for books, cds, dvds, or videotapes on ebay or at a used bookshop. All instructional books are useful for learning something. Now, when you buy them, if they seem to be too advanced for you, just put them aside until you progress a little, then try them again--eventually, you catch up.

Having lots of different lesson books is also useful for practicing sight-reading.

One last item; a beginner makes faster progress by practicing several short times daily rather than one long time. Start out with 4 or 6 sessions of about 10 minutes each--you'll get good faster than if you practiced one hour straight. After a couple of weeks of that, start to extend the times on one or two sessions by maybe 5 minutes per week--and slowly drop the others, 'til you're up to a couple of half-hour sessions per day. Then continue to increase time until you have the stamina and skill to benefit from one straight hour per day (or more).

The limits of your talent will be determined almost entirely by how many hours you can practice! Once you build up to longer practices and learn the proper techniques.

Order Piano for Dummies online or go buy it. At amazon.com they have used books at bargain prices. If you type that in, it will also recommend other books related to learning the piano.

Well the best help is go to your local music store and buy a book on teaching yourself the piano. Ask a worked if needed