Top 4 Reasons People Quit Learning Piano, and Why They Shouldn’t

You suck man……
Discouragement from people around you is an inevitable phase in music learning. The great alto saxophonist, Charlie Parker, used to practise 16 hours a day at home, until his neighbours beg him to stop. The great pianist, Keith Jarret, had a solo recital in Alice Tull Hall at Lincoln Center, gave a wonderful performance but was poorly commented by the media, causing him a nervous breakdown. For about two weeks he sat on his front porch and stared into space and didn’t want to talk to anyone. Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker lost an entire row of his front teeth, people were telling him it was impossible to play the trumpet anymore, but he still end up being one of the best. Even my family members used to scramble to their fox hole whenever I sit down on the piano.

So you think you could pick up an instrument, and be smooth sailing all the way with endless strings of compliments from friends??? Wake up man……….

I suck man……

Realizing how bad your playing is, especially when compared to someone, has always been a kick in the ass for many musicians. Most musicians will find excuses in a futile effort to protect their pride. Vladimir Horowitz, a great classical pianist, reportedly inspected Art Tatum’s piano once after a concert, to look for “tricks”. Horowitz was also cited to have said that it was fortunate for classical pianist that Tatum did not choose to pursue a classical career. Some musicians just simply choose to quit. A philadelphia jazz artist, Amadie, talked to three other keyboardist after seeing a Tatum performance, received three responses that goes “I think I’m going to quit. I’m never going to play again” “ I think I’m going to get a day job” “I also play a little drums. I think I’ll start concentrating on drums.”

Though repeated from time to time, people still tend to the forget the saying ……. Its just music. You’re in it just to have fun, not to conquer the world… though that would be fun too…… hmmmmm….

Booooooring…..

Perfecting this craft of music playing, requires countless hours of practising. Ask any musicians about practising, and he would end up telling you….. to practise more…..darn. The essence of practising music, is actually repeating a certain thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over (see how boring it is)again, you maybe trying to get a certain sound in your head, or to play a scale without any mistakes.

Thank god for technology, there are plenty of cure for that problem, countless ideas are being suggested everyday to make music practising more fun and entertaining. It maybe in the form of music games, or instructional videos, etc. We pianologist will try to keep you updated, just remember to stay tune………

She went off with another guy….

Realizing, after countless hours of practise, that they are not attracting any attention from the opposite sex as they hoped to. Many would quit learning their instrument due to that.
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Of course you don’t need a pianologist to tell you about how music is not just about trying to impress someone, blah blah blah. Instead, post us more comments and visit our site more often, who knows, we might be able to set up a channel for online dating between music lovers in our community…. Hahaha