Learn the piano with ebooks and save money

Half an hour in front of your pc will probably bring up a minimum of twenty alternative systems for learning the piano.

Some are designed for kids and some for adults. Some offer a series of downloadable e-books, some have e-books and videos while others offer an online teaching scenario. They vary in their particular emphasis - it might be classical, jazz, pop, gospel or traditional. The cheapest is about $20. The best is $39.95, going up to two hundred dollars or more.

So are they actually worth the money? You're keen to learn the piano and realistically, there are three different alternatives: The ebooks referred to above, traditional teach yourself books that you'd buy in a book shop and, of course, a walking, talking human being. By the way, it's essential that the ebooks have embedded sound clips. These usually take the form of a button on the page that you can click to hear a proper rendition of what it is you are supposed to be playin.

As far as I'm concerned, the traditional type of book has been completely eclipsed by the ebook, because it is mute. You need to hear the music played as an example. As a novice though you really do need to listen to a piece of music being played so that you can copy the style and the emphasis. As you become more experienced, of course, you can begin to read the musical notation of a piece and hear in your mind what it should sound like. Beginners can't do that and hearing the piece played properly is an essential part of the learning process.

So what about piano teachers? There's a big variation across the country but you can expect to pay between $30 and $40 for each lesson. Let's say $35 on average. Most people would opt for a lesson per week. So if you deduct a few weeks here and there for various reasons the number of lessons each year is approximately 45. That's $1575 per year. And with a real human, there's always the chance that you might not actually like each other!

Even the mots expensive of the courses provides more bang per buck, so to speak, than a human teacher could ever provide. And in most of the piano tuition courses I've ever seen there is more than enough material of one sort or another to keep you learning for well over a year. In fact some of them have such a vast quantity of material that it can be somewhat bewildering.

Well, it is up yo you, of course, but I know what I'd rather spend my money on. I know piano teachers need to make a living, especially in these difficult times, but as far as I'm concerned it's no contest, the software wins every time!


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