You can compare beginner piano lessons to a dance class or a workout at the gym. Looking closely, most lessons have a common routine and the skill being studied is the only difference. Swimming and dance lessons both start with warm ups and conclude with a cool down exercise. This is also the case with piano lessons. After all, piano is the dance of fingers over the keyboard.

The piano lesson usually commences with warm up exercises. There are different ways of exercise such as squeeze balls or shaking the fingers. Others warm up by doing scales or arpeggios. A well used guide to scales is the Hannon book of exercises. Beginners and advanced students use this book as well. The speed, flexibility and dexterity of the fingers are increased with these exercises. The whole arm, including the shoulder and fingers are prepared for the lesson. Aside from these, the student also learns how to read the notes on the staff.

After limbering up, the lesson from the last session is reviewed. This is essential for beginners to reinforce what they have learned previously. The main music concepts are familiarized better to the student with this

The session proceeds to the resumption of the lesson. They continue where they left off in the previous meeting until it is done, then move on to the next lesson. The lessons come in lectures and applications with piano exercises or musical pieces rewritten to suit the learning needs of the student. By playing these exercises you apply what you have gained during the previous lessons and include today’s lesson in the application.

A sheet music must be studied by the pupil. The music is memorized and mastered as well as applying what was learned from the lessons. They will play these pieces in a recital together with other students. Once it is mastered, another piece will again be given. Depending on the teachers’ method, musical pieces are learned one at a time or all two or three at the same time. The student must be able to play the pieces perfectly before preparing for the recital.

After studying the piano pieces for recital, the session ends with a “cooling down” exercise. These are musical pieces you can play leisurely to relax the muscle of the upper limbs from hands up to the shoulders. Some teachers do a recap as well as assignment for the next meeting before or after cooling down.

Some students are advised by the teacher to keep their hands from getting wet for a few hours after lessons. Others advice to immerse the hands in warm water to completely relax the muscles.

They would also rather that you not join or do activities that can damage your “pulse feel “for the piano. Most of these are sports, like volleyball and karate, and also other music lessons like guitar and violin. More so,this is very essential if the student taking these beginner piano lessons is a protégé or studying to be a professional pianist someday.