Piano Lessons For Senior Adults

Many people have fond memories of being around pianos in childhood, but most were never offered the opportunity to learn the piano. Others did have piano lessons, but struggled with “reading music,” especially when it came to playing the left hand notes. It is surprising how many people gave up piano lessons in their youth. Many who struggled with “reading music” wrongly assumed that they weren't musical, when in fact it is often that they were given the wrong tools or the job.

 

Fortunately, there is a solution that translates these techniques into a simple formula that is easy for beginners to master. This has enabled thousands of people to learn piano later in life, whether or not they have had any previous musical experience. Incredibly, most people can start playing tunes on the piano within hours and minutes, not months and years.

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​Our students prove that you are never too old to learn playing the piano. Some people argue that we learn things faster when we are younger, but getting older in itself does not prevent you from acquiring musical skills. In fact, sometimes age can be an advantage as it means you have more free time to dedicate to practice, have the passion to want to learn and less distractions that get in the way. 

 

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Playing Popular Songs On Piano

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If your objective is to play popular songs on the piano instead of complex classical music, then the easiest and fastest way to learn is using pattern-based learning. This approach makes learning much easier by highlighting the very simple patterns that exist in most Western music.

Using a “chord” based approach, makes piano easy for seniors. That is to say, students of all ages have been able to learn songs within days and weeks, even if they had no previous musical experience. This includes many students in their 

60s, 70s and 80s.

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In addition, this includes many students who had previously tried playing piano and struggled. For example, instead of reading notations for every note being played, it is much easier to represent the accompaniment with a chord letter and only show the melody in notation. This type of layout is called a “lead sheet.”

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In addition to using chords, there is also the option of replacing chord letters and notations with numbers. This makes learning the piano even easier, by making song sheets much easier to read. It follows that this is a great solution for anyone who has struggled with notation. Firstly, using the numbers method makes it easy to understand song sheets within minutes. Secondly, it enables you to play the exact same notes as on traditional music sheets.

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Traditional reading is also part of our program.