{"id":2095,"date":"2017-11-15T16:02:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:35:39","slug":"never-never-never-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/never-never-never-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Never, never, never give up! Your piano success is just around the corner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Never, never, never give up! You are closer than you think to your piano success!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Never-Give-Up.jpg\" alt=\"Winston Churchill Never Give Up\"\n\n\n\n<h3>Run before you walk<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Women-running.jpg\" alt=\"Women running\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As humans, it\u2019s natural to want to run before we can walk.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the bridge just seems too far.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;ve come to a point of giving up and are deciding not to cross the bridge at all!<\/p>\n<p>Would you let a fellow student give up?<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve watched her put the time and effort in?<\/p>\n<p>Heard her play well at her level. Seen her happy playing. Watch her stumble at a few blocks.<\/p>\n<p>But you know it can get better for her. Now think of yourself and don&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>You think I can&#8217;t do this.<\/p>\n<p>Well, you can.<\/p>\n<p>Take a breather.<\/p>\n<p>Get some perspective and continue.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to look past the \u201ccan\u2019t\u201d and just get on with it.<\/p>\n<p>With a little patience and thought you can go on.<\/p>\n<p>To finish something you started.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Moments of frustration<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/frustration.jpg\" alt=\"frustration\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think of something else you learned and had moments of frustration \u2013 driving lessons?<\/p>\n<p>Driving is about co-ordination, coordinating multiple facets at a time to get the vehicle from A to B in one piece.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t jump in a car one day and know how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>There is a fundamental practical part to driving but what about all the theory that goes with it.<\/p>\n<p>As an adult that has driven for many years, we almost do it on auto-pilot. But you had to start somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Learning the piano at any stage will be the same rocky road, no one says it will be easy.<\/p>\n<p>A testing one on the ups but a pleasurable one on the downs.<\/p>\n<p>But as we\u2019ve deduced you have chosen to learn this beautiful instrument so keep going, do not throw what you have done so far away.<\/p>\n<p>You will regret it in later years.<\/p>\n<p>You have put so much into it thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep going.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never give up on a passion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or what has become one.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a <em>beautiful skill<\/em> you have. Many people don&#8217;t put the effort in but so wish they could do what you do.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Learning the piano<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/success.jpg\" alt=\"success\" width=\"482\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Learning the piano at any stage will be the same rocky road, no one says it will be easy.<\/p>\n<p>A testing one on the ups but a pleasurable one on the downs.<\/p>\n<p>But as we\u2019ve deduced you have chosen to learn this beautiful instrument so keep going, do not throw what you have done so far away.<\/p>\n<p>You will regret it in later years.<\/p>\n<p>You have put so much into it thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep going.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Never give up on a passion. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or what has become one.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a <em>beautiful<\/em> skill you have.<\/p>\n<p>Many people don&#8217;t put the effort in but so wish they could do what you do.<\/p>\n<p>At the London Piano Institute, we always encourage all our students and will do our utmost to help you learn this beautiful immortal instrument.<\/p>\n<p>We have lots of options available for piano courses in London and you can view the course options <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\/private-piano-lessons\/piano-programs-and-fees\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding starting to play the piano and you want to enrol in an adult piano course, simply contact Stefan at <a href=\"mailto:enrol@londonpianoinstitute.co.uk\">enrol@londonpianoinstitute.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who knows what the future holds for you? Rachmaninoff, Bach, Chopin, Count Basie or Jelly Roll Morton?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The answer to the question is in your hands&#8230; simply NEVER NEVER NEVER give up!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never, never, never give up! 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