What is the quickest way to learn how to play piano

Question

What is the quickest way to learn how to play piano

Answer 1

It depends on what you want to play. While I highly suggest years of devoted classical and jazz study, it is by no means the quickest way to learn. You may have heard of people "playing by ear," a gift that to be done well is quite rare. The only people who are usually able to perfectly reproduce a piece of classical music "by ear" are savants. There are people who can reproduce general accomaniment by ear. This is used by learning chord progressions and having a very good ear. If you want to be considered a "good" pianist, do learn to read music well, and develop the fingering, it is well worth your time.

Answer 2

Go to http://www.zebrakeys.com and go to their lessons section.  They have over 50 free piano lessons accompanied by flash animations for beginners to advanced level piano players.  And if that's not enough for you, they have other great learning tools, charts, and animated tutorials in their resources section.  Let me know if that helps.  Good luck! =)

Answer 3

hello there

i was just like u last september .....thinking that in like 1 year i become the king of the keys....at then end of my 1st year of piano i learned that there isnt rly no quick way ....its so hard but very good....ok i know its hard but u need a teacher and if you really really loved piano u find learning the normal way is quick and easy ....i finished my first year in six months instead of a year because i loved the piano and i will always do !!!

my advice for you : is practice ...and osmeday u will remember this loyal friend that gave u this little advice:)

Answer 4

There are no quick and easy ways.  You have to practice to learn how to coordinate your right and left hands, learn chords and scales and correct fingerings for all of those -- and develop the necessary muscle memory so you can just reach for a chord, or play a melody line, without having to think about how and where to place each finger  -- and then you have to learn specific songs and how to play them.  

You'll need to learn to read music if you don't already know how, and/or learn to play by ear so that you can listen to something another musician is playing, or listen to a recording, and figure out the piano part without sheet music.

All of this isn't stuff you can do in a week or two or even a month.  Expect it to take years of concentrated practice if you actually want to get good at it.  And if you're not willing to work at getting good at it, then why waste your time?