When to Quit Piano Lessons (Listening to your Child's Interests)

[madeleineiee]

I quit, and I love it. I can play whatever I want, not whats in the books. It depends on the person, but my advise is quit if you know you will like piano better. I would suggest quitting if you want to after 5 years.

[thewoodyvarietychannel]

my mum and dad are basicaly forcing me to go to piano lessons i like music but i dont want to play piano, i know my teacher charges way to much, and my parents dont have the money im gonna show them this video thank you.

[jamesl]

10 years ago I was 5, my parents wanted me to try piano, been playing ever since. Honestly I've enjoyed it plenty. However, recently I've hit rock bottom. I feel like I can't play, I can never play piano to my own expectations. Even playing the minute waltz, I feel so slugish. Recently, I've just been getting really depressed over piano. I seriously feel I should quit, but I don't want to throw away these past 10 years of piano. However nowadays, piano does nothing but brings me down, making me depressed, and it feels absolutely horrible.

[zek]

I have no motivation to play piano, and I want to play other stuff. My parents won’t even listen.

[lannaxiao]

I hate piano. The teacher keeps yelling at me for playing one note wrong and I hate piano theory. I want to quit, but my parents said I have to get to level 8, and now I am at level 8, she said I have to finish level 10. I hate her for that.😞😞😥😠

[martinnguyen]

I am not a piano player anymore. I don't have that talent. My late mom forced me to take piano lessons and even though I struggled at first, my strict piano teachers recommended me to practice at home to get better. I hated piano lessons and I quit at age 14 because I wanted to do something else such as video games and admire nature.

[maysk.]

I've failed my 4th grade piano exam and I don't think I can continue anymore. Its hard for me to practice and even though I love piano I feel like its something I just can't do like reading the notes and stuff

[ralleavourtzoumis]

I HATE PIANO SOOOO MUCH IT SUCKS AND MY PIANO TEACHER IS SO MEANNNN MY PARENTS IS FORCING ME TO DO IT AND I IT AND ARI IF YOU SEE THIS NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL

[vantanea]

i really want to quit eventhough i love it. Even if i quit i can still see myself playing the piano. It’s just ive been taking lessons for more than 5 years. I’ve rarely performed in front of people because of my self consciousness. Yeah i kinda regret that. But that thing made me realize i need to work more on my self confidence. I dont feel like taking lessons anymore. I just want to play the piano and work on my self confidence.

[GarryBurgess]

It's nice if a kid has an opportunity at least. If they end up not continuing, then it's on them, and they will always know that they had the chance. That was my approach at least to my own kids, since I always wished that I would have had that opportunity as a child.

[jslonisch]

I could tell as quite a young kid that I was rubbish at piano and would never be any good. My parents let me quit and I am so glad they did, because I could focus on schoolwork that I was actually good at. I love music and the sound of the piano but sometimes you have to stop wasting time on activities that are never going to go anywhere.

[bosman]

I thought piano was a good experience but now it’s kind of boring and I don’t like it, I feel pressured because my family does music and my parents make me do this so I feel obliged to do piano, I have to do the piano books when I dont want too, and my parents also make me learn other songs from YouTube and I hate it, I don’t think I’ll even use this in the future to be honest because I’m more into other stuff like coding or drawing, but not music, I’m scared to tell them because I don’t wanna disappoint them but at the same time I just don’t like doing it, and if I try to tell them I feel they’re just gonna blame it on something I like to do like they’re gonna say “oh it’s because of those video games” so I really am scared to tell them

Edit: now just because I wanted to relax on a Saturday day they got me piano lessons for being lazy —.—

[girlygirl]

I just hate to do the scales on the piano, I forget them I put a lot of pressure on them.

[bluehumm]

I want to quit but I know that I will regret it. I just don't want to go to lessons or be forced to practice at home. My mum always argues with me over me practicing. I don't know what to do. Please help

[jjy]

I really want to take private lessons for saxophone, but I currently play piano lessons. My parents that I have to reach a certain level of music
theory and chords in order to quit. I'm planning on taking saxophone lessons soon, but I still have to take piano lessons! I really want to devote my
time into the saxophone but whenever I say that I want to quit piano they just say that our piano teachers recommends it and she knows better than me. How do I convince them to quit?

[freyanoelle]

I've been playing piano for a few years now but I have never done grades. I feel as though it's not worth it to continue lessons, because all I do with my teacher in those 20 minutes is progress a bit further into the song - I could do that myself, it just might take a little longer. I also hate missing classes in school for these lessons; it feels like I'm falling behind in school. Should I quit lessons? I'm planning on continuing playing piano at home, but I just feel like the lessons aren't worth it, especially with the ratio of the things I learn during the lesson to the cost.

[frostyteaxoxo]

My mom and dad are forcing me to go to piano lessons I really want to learn stuff like Trumpet or something jazz like. My parents say it's good for my brain which I belive but they can't even TRY to make another exuse.

[kerstin]

I have been playing the piano for about 6 years . And I also play the violin . And my parents not being musical think that the piano will help with my violin witch it does not ! They are so mad that I want to quit they want to know where the piano is going to go . I said to sell it but they won’t . I will show them this video will come back with what they say !

[aaronlo]

I've never related to a comment section this much :) Like how I'm not the only one who wants to quit piano after many years of hate for it.

[ilovemydog]

why am I watching this if I know my mom won’t let me quit anyway because “yOull rEgrEt noT leArnIng iT beCaUse i qUit as ChiLd” even though I’d been doing this stuff for the PAST FOUR YEARS AND IVE BARELY IMPROVED BECAUSE I HATE IT AND PRACTICING MAKES ME WANT TO SMASH MY FACE INTO A WALL