forum Guys I need reasons for Why I can Quit Piano

Started September 02, 2018 by Deleted user

tune

So I've been playing piano for a very long time
and I've been playing flute
I never liked my piano lessons
so I want to quit
but my mum won't let me

Have ridiculous luck/bad luck.
AKA take piano for around 10 years and blow through around 5 teachers.

I've been playing piano for six years
I can't

Welp, then I got nothing.

What is it that you don't like about your piano lessons? There are a lot of grown ups who wish they hadn't quit learning music when they were young (and I wouldn‘t want that to be you too), so what are the reasons you want to quit now?

Im tired and sick of playing it
especially for my parent entertainment
its also its really boring
theres no people but my teacher
and I want to put all my effort into band.

Mkay. So here's whatcha do -
break the piano.
Got repaired?
Break an arm.
Whoops! Sick, can't do lessons today. :(
Eventually, they'll get tired and quit.

I wouldn’t recommend the passive-aggressive option, especially if you want to be seen as someone capable of making rational, informed decisions. Your mum will likely take you more seriously if you behave in a mature way. (Also, pianos cost a lot of money - if you were to wilfully break one, I imagine you’d be in big trouble. :P)

I suggest that if you can, have a serious talk with your mum. Tell her that you’re appreciative of all the effort/money she’s put in for you to learn piano (six years of piano lessons wouldn’t be cheap), but explain to her why you enjoy flute and band so much more and that learning piano leaves you less time and energy to devote to learning and participating in those other things. Ask her why it’s important to her that you continue to learn piano, and try to understand her answer (if she gives you one). You might need to be open to a compromise.

So put all of your effort into band. Tell your parents that if they're going to be spending money, to spend it all on band, because you think it's better to be good at one instrument than okay at two.
I play piano. I've played for twelve years at this point, I think? A lot of adults, when I mention it, say they wish they had stuck with it, but it's just like… no they don't. Yeah, it can be a cool party trick, and it's occasionally useful, but if you're not passionate about it, then it's pointless. My passion faded due to severe burnout with piano. I haven't had a private teacher in three years, and I haven't touched a piano but twice since graduation. So if you don't like it now (after 6 years of playing), there's no way that you're going to end up liking it on down the line if you're forced to do it. And if anyone tries to pull the argument that it'll help you with flute, you've already reaped that benefit. 6 years of piano has presumably taught you a lot of music theory stuff and how to read both treble and bass clef, which are the main benefits of piano.
Woooo I could rant all day because I know kids from my high school who were forced to do piano, and it reflected in their playing and attitude (I was at an arts school, so I was in a class with about 15 other pianists who all kind of secretly hated each other.)