I’m Self Taught. Why Do I Need A Teacher?
To be completely honest, most self taught adult pianists I have taken on have big gaps in their playing, often with an inflated sense of their abilities and most have really bad technique, which can lead to pain and injury if continued uncorrected through any medium to intense practice schedule. You will improve your playing much quicker with professional guidance and in turn you will become a more efficient learner once you have good technique and a solid understanding of the fundamentals.
An example of poor technique which can cause injury early on is hand placement. Most of us have a tendency when we start out for 'flying fingers' - the result of our hands tensing up whilst playing. I keep a very close eye on beginners as they navigate the piano keyboard and have developed an effective way of helping them to return to a much more natural hand position. Usually, only someone who is watching can help us do this, because very few of us have the self-awareness and discipline to do this on our own.
I have more techniques for natural playing without tension, based on alignment and posture, but this is just one small aspect of professional guidance for piano players that self-taught players generally have no awareness of.
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