Why do people want to learn piano?

Question

Why so many parents want their children to play piano? What charm does it have?

Answer 1

It increases manual dexterity (meaning more potential at skilled handwriting, art, typography, and other things that require fine motor skills), finger strength (good for sports [especially baseball], other musical instruments like guitar, mechanics), hand-eye-brain coordination (marksmanship, applicable use of chemistry, sports, other situations that require you to be 'fast on the draw', so to speak), reading music (opens up the potential to quickly learn every other instrument, increase capacity to learn a foreign language), music appreciation (composer, musician, band member, singer, DJ, historian of music), among many other reasons.

Nutshelled, it opens up a world of possibilities, where a flute or a guitar for example, doesn't quite open up such a wide range (ie few symbonic orchestras use guitars for anything outside of flamenco, and few heavy metal bands use flutes for anything other than ballads or medieval-esque songs), whereas the piano stretches across all genres of music.

On top of that, a stringed instrument only teaches you a position to put your hand on, a wind/brass instrument only teaches you a combination of keys to push to make a single sound, and a percussion has very little pitch to speak of (plus, is prone to making headaches worse). A piano, though, gives a repeatable shape to the notes you're reading... the "C" key always looks like it's a long shape with a little bit sticking out to the right, no matter where you are on the piano. The "G" key always looks like it has a little sticking out on both the left and right, and has a key identical to it to its right... no matter what octave it's played it, it will always look like that. Compared to other instruments, it is easiest to learn, easiest to gain skills that will be worthwhile in a career, and easiest to 'find your place in life' if your career is in music. So, it makes it the ideal first instrument.

Answer 2

Only you can answer whether it is worth it to learn the piano because it largely depends on, 1. how badly you want to learn a new instrument 2. how much more time are you willing to commit to practices as learning piano requires a steep investment in time, daily or almost daily 3. how long you think your new interest will last (will your interest fade like it did with guitar? also, just like guitar lessons, piano lessons and exercises can be very VERY boring, but necessary at the beginning and you may not get to anything interesting for months, until your technical skills have been developed sufficiently.) 4. how much more are you will to commit financially (piano is an expenisvie instrument and the lessons and text books aren't cheap either) I'm really not trying to scare you away from taking on another instrument. But from your question statement, I can sorta feel that you regret that you've spent so much time and money on something that you now don't feel so attached to anymore and I think this time around you should consider all the factors carefully before making the decision so that you don't end where you are today, later, again.

Answer 3

People Who Play Piano

Answer 4

It's been proven that music plays a part in children's learning. Children that have music classes or play any instrument comprehend better in school than children that don't. Piano is a great way to learn how to read music, and with practice you can make beautiful music!

Answer 5

piano is a good first instrument to learn. the notes are laid out side by side, teaching kids the correlation between them (not finger holes that you cannot see). generally music theory is taught on a piano because of this concept. also kids learn to read treble and bass clefs.

if you know piano any other instrument is relatively easy, you can already read the music, you just have to remember where those notes are on a different instrument.

Answer 6

I wanna learn piano because I wanna be a musian and I need something to make songs!And so , I love piano!

Answer 7

not to say that learning the piano is easy, but it is relatively easy to most instruments. also, teaching a child any kind of music related activity enhances their spatial skills. this helps with problem solving and math. it also gives them something to do so they wont get into trouble. plus i think the piano is very pretty sounding. who wouldn't want to hear that sound filling their household?

Answer 8

Being able to play the piano is a sign of intelligence

Answer 9

It is a fairly simply instrument to learn, and it can be an introduction to other instruments. And they may pick music over sports or another activity because they feel it will help the child more on the mind level rather than the body.

Answer 10

I'd love to learn to play piano. It's classy, and fun, and you can always have sing alongs.