A huge majority of pianists learn to play piano without reading music. That
doesn't mean that they disregard the basic principles of music, for instance learning chords and basic scale
patterns but it just means that they will pick things up by ear as opposed to reading it from a musical
score.
In a way this can be quite a good thing as it gives a pianist the chance to really express themselves rather
than your playing being restricted to what you see from a music score. You can sometimes spot a pianist who has
been musically trained because everything about their playing is very structured and although it may be note
perfect it just lacks any feeling.
One way to learn play piano without the need to read music is to pick a simple song that you like and learn the
chord structure. This can be done in a variety of ways such as listening to the song and trying to pick out the
chords by ear, or you can very often find video footage of either the original artist or someone covering the song,
and you can then learn the patterns by watching what they are doing. Alternatively you could search for the Piano
chords on the web.
All these methods will allow you to learn piano without reading music, and it will free up more time to
concentrate on playing.
To really expand your creativity you could just pick up some chords that you like and have a go at writing your
own simple song. I remember my first song I composed, and I still playing today, as its unique and personal to
me.
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If you are playing the piano as an adult self-learner, you will do best if you work in some practice time most days. You might like to establish a routine of how you will go about your practice. You can do things in a certain order, or you can mix things up differently every day.
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A huge majority of pianists learn to play piano without reading music. That
doesn't mean that they disregard the basic principles of music, for instance learning chords and basic scale
patterns but it just means that they will pick things up by ear as opposed to reading it from a musical
score.