{"id":260,"date":"2012-08-21T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilovethepiano.co.uk\/?p=260"},"modified":"2012-08-21T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:34:03","slug":"can-anyone-learn-to-play-the-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ilovethepiano.co.uk\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Can ANYONE learn to play the piano?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Of course!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I truly believe you can achieve\u00a0<\/span>anything<\/span>\u00a0you set your mind to. This is true for everything in your life, not just piano playing.<\/p>\n

I was recently heavily criticised for suggesting\u00a0anyone\u00a0can learn to play the piano regardless of perceived talent or ability. My comments, and the accusations levied against me can be read here:\u00a0http:\/\/classicalmel.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/17\/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-play-the-piano-vlog-number-4\/<\/a>. Narrowmindedness and musical snobbery is still rearing its head today and I want to\u00a0dispel the myth that learning a musical instrument is only available to the select few.<\/p>\n

If you’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano but fear you wouldn’t be able to do it, please get in touch<\/a> and let me put your mind at rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of course! I truly believe you can achieve\u00a0anything\u00a0you set your mind to. This is true for everything in your life,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,34,30,33,31,35,39,40,11,36,32,41,37,38],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ability","tag-adult","tag-anyone","tag-anyone-can-play-the-piano","tag-can","tag-learner","tag-never-too-late","tag-past-it","tag-piano","tag-pianoforte","tag-play","tag-talent","tag-taught","tag-too-late"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t