The Importance Of Practice

When you play any instrument, it is very important to practice as much as you can if you want to be really good at it. This is true for almost anything in life. If you want to get somewhere, you have to work hard for it. Unfortunately, nothing is handed to us on a silver platter; we have to work for accomplishments. As a pianist, it is very important to be able to reach the pedals and if you are young and not very tall, there are pedal extenders or an adjustable piano bench. Being organized and knowing where your sheet music storage is can also be a great help.

Children complain all the time that their parents force them to do things that they do not want to do. The only reason for this is that the parents want to keep options open for their children. There is no way to tell what they will want to do later in life, but if they have been taking piano all their life and start to like it when they grow up, they will appreciate the fact that their parents forced them through every practice, recital, or game.

When you are young, your brain is still developing and you learn what your interests are as you get older. It is easier to pick something up again when you learned to do it when you were little than if you are just starting up with it. Have you ever watched an older person trying to figure out how to use new technology? It is more difficult for them because they are just learning it. The only reason that we do not find it confusing is because we have grown up with it our whole lives and we are used to it by the time we are older.

As much as a child may hate going to practice once or twice a week, they will thank you when they are older and they are very good at playing. No one likes to be forced to do something and practicing an instrument is one of those things no matter how much you like playing. It is important to get your children to understand that practicing is the only thing that will make them good at playing. Some get discouraged, but if they realize that you cannot be good at anything without effort, they will work hard to be better at something.

You may think that it is no big deal to get your children to practice their instruments, but it is not just teaching them about an instrument. When children grow up getting everything they want and never being forced to do anything that they do not want to do, it teaches them that they can get whatever they want. If you teach them hard work, they will grow up understanding that you have to work hard to get results. Even if the child does not continue playing the instrument when they get older, they will learn a good lesson from it.