Has anyone here taught themselves how to play the piano?

[Funcoot]

You can teach yourself to play any instrument, but will you use the right techniques is what the question is.

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As for teaching yourself how to read sheet music, I highly encourage you to purchase a simple practice workbook. Sure you can learn on the internet, but they usually don't give you good exercises the small workbooks do.

Get [url=http://www.amazon.com/Master-Theory-Beginning-Book/dp/0849701546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254352786&sr=1-1]Master Theory Book 1[/url] and [url=http://www.amazon.com/Master-Theory-Intermediate-Book/dp/0849701554/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254352786&sr=1-2]Master Theory Book 2[/url]

Or even buy the whole series. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Kjos-Master-Theory-Books-book/dp/B002N3418O/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254352786&sr=1-5[/url]

Remember buy these books new, they are work books.

[Tezza1234]

Funcoot is right.

Atleast have a few lessons so you don't end up burning limiting techniques into your brain. - Bad habits are terribly hard to break.

When I first started bass I was teaching myself, but I never used proper hand positioning.. one £20 lesson later and my technique was life-long fixed and now I can play for days upon days without tiredness or cramp. If I had never took that one lesson I would be stuck in a terrible habit leading to damaging my wrists and limiting my progression on the bass. There's also other bits of technique my lectures at college helped refine which has helped greatly.

[bigdoggie]

I taught my self synthesis if that counts for anything, although synthesizers are very different from the Piano.