Some of us are more able to play and understand music than others, but there is nothing stopping us from learning the piano. There are allot of tricks and tips out there that can have you playing in months, there are even some online course that say they can help you learn even quicker. However, no matter how we learn, like anything else, it takes practice and dedication.

Listening to Beethoven, Mozart, or any famous composers may give you a passion to learn from the best instructor in town. You may want to impress others with your ability to play all these classical pieces, even some Jazz or Modern styles. Most adults learning to play go through allot of difficult methods of learning first. For this, you need allot of practice, dedication and money for a good teacher.

For others that wish to learn the piano, there are quicker methods that will still be enjoyable. All it means is that you will not have the base of music knowledge as someone who has learnt over a much longer time frame. One of the faster ways of learning, which you can do online or offline is learning by the chord method. In a few hours, a person that has never played before may be able to play a basic melody by just using chords. This method of learning is highly encouraged. There is also no reason why you can’t learn by chords first, then learn to read music from a page later on.

All piano melodies are made up of notes. People that learn by chords, don’t learn these smaller note segments, instead you learn to break the piece into bigger chunks. Using this method, you rely more on what you hear and piecing that together, which gives you more freedom to be creative.

If you learn to play using the chord method, it is more of a trial and error way of doing it. You may not be able to read the music on paper, but you will be able to judge which chord needs to be played. As you practice the piece, by breaking it up into its basic sections and listening as you play, you then match what you are hearing.

If you learn by ear, you may not be able to hear the difference between a sharp of flat, and that’s why it’s suggested to have some form of basic note reading knowledge. If you’re in key F-major, for example, you’ll be able to know to keep that note flat in the whole scale. Flat keys and sharp keys are similar; learning to play is not based on this alone. For young adults and adults, learning to play this way can be done in a short space of time with practice.