101 Reasons to Learn the Piano

1          It is incredibly fun and enjoyable.

2          It increases your coordination.

3          It increases your focus.

4          It raises your self-esteem.

5          It increases your ability to do Math.

6          It makes you a better reader.

7          It helps to keep you physically fit (if you practice with much gusto).

8          It makes you special or unique.

9          You could teach piano lessons some day.

10       Piano is a great solo instrument.  You can play it alone.  You don't need anyone to accompany you like you do on so many other instruments.

11       You can accompany singers, choirs, and instrumentalists.

12       You could join a band.

13       You can play duets with your friends.

14       You can play the piano for your cousin's wedding reception.

15       You can earn money playing the piano.

16       It will make you smarter. Studies have shown that playing the piano raises your IQ.

17       It is a wholesome activity.

18       It keeps you out of trouble.  If you practice the piano, you won't have time to cause trouble.  And you won't want to cause trouble either. 

19       It teaches you to do hard things.

20       Your friends will think you are awesome.

21       You can play in recitals.

22       It helps you discover & develop your talents.

23       Your parents and grandparents will love to listen to you play.

24       It increases your eye-hand coordination.

25       It helps you learn to stick to something until it's mastered.

26       It increases your ability to enjoy music.  As you understand music, you enjoy it even more.

27       You could make your own CD recording.  It is very fun to listen to yourself playing the piano on a recording.

28       You can play the piano for your children.  Children love to sing along or dance to piano music.

29       You can give concerts.

30       It makes you a better basketball player.  If you can hit the right keys with your fingers, you can also hit that free throw.  It's all in the eye-hand coordination.

31       It makes you a better baseball player.  If you can hit the right keys with your fingers, you can also hit that baseball and you can make that throw to home plate.  Again, eye-hand coordination.

32       It increases your finger strength.

33       It gives you a reason to keep your fingernails short.

34       If you open your window when you practice, you can entertain your neighbors.

35       It increases your freedom to act.  You are free to play a Mozart Sonata, while others are not free to do so.

36       It keeps your mind sharp.

37       It increases your memorization skills.

38       It makes you live longer. 

39       It increases your cardio vascular endurance (if you practice with enough energy).

40       It decreases your blood pressure.

41       You can entertain your friends.  People love to hear piano music.

42       You can play love songs for your girl friend or boy friend or spouse.

43       You will enjoy it for your whole life.  You can play it at almost any age, starting from childhood and well into your old age. 

44       You won't ever have to say, "I wish I had learned to play the piano!"

45       You could become a rock star.  Look at Elton John or Billy Joel or Ben Folds.

46       It will bring you joy.  Music is a very joyful experience.  And playing it yourself is even more of a  joyful experience.

47       It will bring joy to others.  I often play at care centers.  The people absolutely love to hear the piano. 

48       It teaches you to multi-task.  You have to think of several things at once (such as what notes to play, which fingers to use, how loud to play them, what is the rhythm, when to press down and lift up the pedal, etc).

49       It is a wonderful hobby.

50       The piano sounds good from the first time you push a key down (as opposed to strings and brass that can take months to make a pleasant tone).

51       It's therapeutic.

52       It relieves stress.

53       It gives you an emotional outlet.  After a hard day at school or work, it can give you a way to release all your pent-up emotions.

54       It's a great way to express your feelings when words won't do the job.

55       You can make beautiful music without having to turn on the radio or play a CD.

56       You'll never be bored if you can play the piano.

57       Playing the piano makes you look smart (which you are if you play the piano).

58       People admire good piano players.

59       It helps you become a life-long learner.  There is an endless number of pieces written for piano.  One can never learn them all (but I keep trying).

60       It's emotionally satisfying.

61       You will do better in school.

62       It gives you beautiful hands.

63       If you play high notes, sometimes your dog will howl.

64       Ghosts hate the high notes, according to the Ghostbusters.  As Dr. Venkman said while playing some high notes, "They hate this. I love to torture them."

65       Your mother will love you more.

66       It helps inspire creativity.

67       You could become a composer.  Many of the great composers were and are excellent pianists.

68       It's nice to study with a great piano teacher.  The relationship you develop is priceless.

69       It increases your auditory perception.

70       It increases your manual dexterity.

71       It refines your soul.

72       It enables you to participate with the great composers in playing their works with your very own fingers, instead of listening to someone else play them.

73       It makes you a classier person.

74       If you practice really loud, you can irritate your siblings.

75       You could play the piano for a movie score.

76       You can play the hymns in church.

77       You can play the piano for others when their accompanist doesn't show up.

78       You might become famous.

79       You could inspire others to want to play the piano.

80       You can play lullabies to soothe your crying baby.

81       You can play marches for your children to march to.

82       You can volunteer at the local school.  Teachers love volunteers who can come in and play the piano for their singing time.

83       You could play the piano in an orchestra.

84       You can serve your community.

85       It teaches you self control.

86       You could play the piano for a commercial.

87       You can learn to improvise music.

88       You can touch many lives without regard to the language they speak.

89       Certain pieces of music will bless your life forever.

90       It increases right-left brain communication.

91       It increases your ability to concentrate.

92       It will make your father proud.

93       Women think men who play the piano are more attractive.

94       You can play spooky music on Halloween for the trick-or-treaters.

95       Men think women who play the piano are more attractive.

96       It increases your ability to study.  It gives you better study habits.

97       It makes the muscles in your forearm more defined.

98       You can provide a service for  your church.

99       It makes you a beautiful person.

100     When you can play Mozart or Beethoven or Rachmaninoff, who needs drugs.  In other words, you can't get much higher than when playing an amazing piano composition.

101     You could become a professional concert pianist.

           

            So have some fun and play the piano today!!!
                         www.pacemusicservices.com