1. Calm
- Playing the piano enables us to have more concentration because we have to read the notes and keep track of the melody to produce the nice music. Hands, legs and eyes of the pianists are interrelated to each other. Therefore, those who play the piano must be Calm while controlling their hands, legs and eyes. This kind of skill lets us have more concentration and more patient both in the practice and learning of piano.
2. Artistic
- In a piece played with the piano, there are different rhythms such as slow, fast, hard and soft. The emotion of the pianists has to go along with these rhythms. Hence, it is said that the pianists are the artists who create the works of entertainment, sentiments and enjoyment for the audience. Furthermore, the pianists can convey all emotional stories via the music as efficiently as the artists of other fields.
- Playing the piano induces us to be the music lovers. We usually demonstrate our emotion while we are playing the piano. Everyone can play it because it is a kind of universal musical instrument. Piano also enhances and increases the meditation of those who play it and enables them to combine arts and science harmoniously into a beautiful piece of music.
3. Initiative / Creative
- The brain is usually improved and refined after playing the piano. Once our brain has received and touched the music, it is likely to get relaxed and then it will initiate some new ideas that never exist before. Even though there are some notes to follow, the improvisation is also very important to make the songs more impressive. The pianists should improve their styles and all the time find new ways of playing, such as how to shuffle their fingers and the rhythms. This quality also helps them in general work; that is, they are able to find novel things and improve the job in hand.
- Good imagination is also a significant quality that the pianists should have in their own. They have to rearrange the note and simultaneously play them in a beautiful fashion. Imagination here is the creativity of the pianists. After they know how to play the piano, they are usually eager to compose their own songs and infuse the new tricks or styles therein. They will also try their best to convey the story, ideas, emotion and whatsoever they want through the melody and the music of the piano. Unlike the book, music has no true definition; so the audience can imagine freely while listening to this kind of music. In other words, there is nothing to control our ideas and thus it lets us be as creative as we can.
4. Patient
- To play the piano, one must be very patient and try to practice over and over. Only those who possess great patience will be succeed in playing this instrument.
- The pianists have to keep trying and trying to practice it. They must be able to use both their hands and all fingers fluently and play the piano in relation with the rhythm and melody.
5. Pleasant personality
- Playing the piano also helps the pianists have more pleasant personality. They have to sit with straight back, chest up high and dignified manner. Piano can enhance both of our internal and external personality.
- Good personality and manner may not directly have any effect on the quality of music. However, good pianists should be still trained to demonstrate the grace manner and posture while playing the piano. For instance, they must position their hands properly, which will empower them to efficiently pluck the keys of all notes. Everybody has the image of the pianists in mind. That is they should be dignified, elegant and courteous. These are the ideal personalities of everyone; and that is why the piano is said to enhance our personality.
6. Detail-oriented
- The good pianists must have thorough understanding of all details and meanings of the symbols. Therefore, if you have been playing the piano since you were young, you will understand some small details that others always overlook or ignore.
- The pianists must pay attention to every detail of all pieces. For example, the selection of loudness, sound stress, and the softness of music helps us to be more careful and meticulous.
7. Good at heart
- Playing the piano is just like the training and development of mind. The sounds of piano will calm down and relax our mind. Those who have such beautiful mind while playing the piano are usually nice persons.
- Those who frequently play the piano are nice and Calm. They will not get angry easily or have quick temper. This is because music has taught them to be gentle and kind.
8. Disciplined
- Discipline is quite important in practicing the piano. The pianists have to practice it for hours and every day. They must be able to fluently play the songs already taught by the instructors.
- The pianists also have to set up schedule for the practice and they must strictly follow it. Particularly, if they began practice while they were young, they have been learning a lot about the discipline since
9. High self-development
- To improve their skills, the pianists must be patient to practice the piano for several hours so that they could pass the test of every level. This encourages them to develop themselves all the time in order to enhance their knowledge and skills of what they are doing.
- Good pianists have to clearly understand the notes and the playing methods. For those who cannot read the notes while playing, they must try to remember the notes and the playing methods as soon as possible. This process helps them so much to systemize the memory.
10. Never give up
- It takes quite a lot of time, so much that the pianists themselves do not care to remember, to play the piano perfectly. Perhaps, they have practiced it for hundreds of times without getting bored, but joyfully instead. The matter of facts said herein tells us that we should not give up but try our best when doing something.
- The pianist can play the piano quite fluently after long and serious practice. They usually feel that they can improve themselves and play every piece better and better; and they usually never give up their intention.
+ Independent
- At the very first stages, everybody may learn and practice the same things. Soon after this, they will learn some theories and gradually realize what they themselves really are. Music is a kind of science in which everyone has his own way of playing. The pianists then may develop unique styles of their own or adopt some from their role model artists.
+ Good listener
- The musicians who have succeeded in their career have very good skills of listening. Although some people are blind, they can still become the great musicians should they have superb listening skills. So being a good listener is one of the most important qualities of the musicians.
- To be good at the piano, the pianists should know how to remember and catch on the melody of the songs they are listening to. Then they have to practice this by playing them repeatedly according to the original songs or under the guidance of the instructors. Without good skill of listening, it is quite difficult to find the theme of piano and, therefore, it is hard to be a good pianist.
+ Fast learner
-It is quite necessary to have various skills if anyone wants to play the piano. Especially when there is a music note book in front of them, they have to use all kinds of skills such as reading the notes, finding the rhythms and understanding all symbols used therein. In summary, the pianists must have very high competence and have a skill of fast learner. It is noted that most pianists are usually good at studying, too.