First Steps to Becoming a Musician: An Easy Guide for Parents of Beginners

How exciting it is that you are about to take your first steps in exploring the piano! Whether you are a parent to a child who has been showing interest in the piano; a young adolescent who wants to start exploring on your own, or even an adult who wanted to play the piano all of your life but never got around to it - congratulations on taking this first step! It is my hope that this book will open the door for you to explore the stunningly gorgeous world of piano and music with joy and ease, and will enable you to experience a different aspect of your life, one that will hopefully enrich it tremendously.

Whenever I teach beginners, I acknowledge how special this moment is, how much curiosity and energy comes with it - and it is my job as a teacher to retain and sustain this curiosity and energy. Over the course of the many years in which I've been teaching, I have come to realize the vast differences in which humans think about the piano, and music. Every time I came across a way of a student's comprehension that I did not experience before, I found myself listening intently to that student, trying to find a way to get a specific concept across to them in a way that will click uniquely with them. And so, over the years, I came to develop different methods that seem to have answered most questions and comprehension styles. This book, therefore, will attempt to preemptively detail common confusions, and suggest ways to clarify them.