Excellent article that applies to all instruments, and not only to the piano. (And it’s not too long, either!) Click Here to read it!
Not much needs to be added to the article, but I do want to make the dreaded comment: learning music is not always fun.
FUN in music is being able to perform well on pieces you have learned, especially with others. Sometimes you will be frustrated (particularly if you aren’t practicing well), sometimes it will be tedious or irritating, and that’s completely normal! Take a break and do something else, play something different, and then come back to it in a few minutes. A practice session for a beginner should be about 20 minutes of playing (not setting up) and then take a break and come back to it, unless they are making progress and want to practice longer. Some advocate no more than 45 minutes at a sitting (due to the brain’s processing ability). I encourage two 45-minute sessions for advanced students, rather than one hour-and-a-half session.
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About Lady Fair
Lady is a musician with a bachelor's degree in music education. She plays multiple instruments and has participated in numerous musical ensembles, giving her a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to use in her teaching career. Of her ensemble participation, she has fifteen years of band experience, nine years choral, and four years in orchestra. Éowyn's primary instrument is clarinet, with voice and piano being close secondary instruments. Throughout her musical education career she studied voice and clarinet simultaneously. In addition to clarinet, piano, and voice, she has also studied violin and oboe at the college level, and also plays recorder, tin whistle, and other instruments in the woodwind family.
If you ask her, she will say, "I chose to major in music education because I have a desire to use my knowledge and experience in music to share its beauty and foster a love of music in the hearts of my students. I hope to encourage my students to try their hardest, feel like they have accomplished something, and give them a life long passion for music."
Lady currently teaches private lessons on clarinet, sax, flute, oboe, piano, and voice, and recently gained a position teaching orchestra and chorus at a local middle school. She is also a member of the Once Upon a Dream woodwind ensembles.
Adventures of a Music Teacher 