These apps are useful to a degree however they still require the user to be very self disciplined. What I find is that the biggest problem to any student learning a new instrument, is the lack of self discipline and the inability of the parents to manage their child’s, or even their own time . The failure to put a structure in terms of scheduled practise times to stick to is the single most impacting factor on a students success or failure . It’s a real challenge and sadly no app can substitute this .
Yes, discipline is required for anything you wantto archieve in life..
But what these apps do, they try to keep you motivated..
They don’t emphase on the things you do wrong
Instead they reward you for the things you do great..
And when you play a song flawless, they give extra bonusses..
This keeps young people motivated..
For most people the most difficult part of playing piano is coordination between both hands...
Now the program i tried gives hundreds of extra excersises to improve just this..
So people while improving slowly still get the rewards of doing different things..
Another thing i noticed was that they also promote hanons excersises, they turn it into kind of a contest, slowly improving your speed.. making it a challenge.. and this is exactly what the youngsters know from their gaming mentallity..
So yes, dedication is required, but all the motivation build into the app gives people a better chance...
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