Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you're learning the piano as an adult, and especially as an older adult, you might have been told that you're at a disadvantage compared to younger piano learners. But I don't think that's true: I think that adults actually have superpowers that can give them huge advantages when learning piano. In this video I go through seven of them.
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*References for Superpower 6*
There's quite a lot of research to support the importance of the factors I talk about in learning. A technical overview can be found at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090458
For a (readable!) overview of the role of sleep, take a look at pp224-235 of Stanislaw Dehaene's How We Learn (Penguin/Viking, 2020)
For the role of all three factors in optimising mental performance in older adults, try Michael Levitin's The Changing Mind (Penguin/Dutton, 2020)
Image credits: Pexels/Cottonbro Studio
Additional filming/development work: Jeannie Gillson
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Superpower 1
02:25 Superpower 2
03:26 Superpower 3
06:34 Superpower 4
08:33 Superpower 5
09:41 Superpower 6
10:44 Superpower 7
If you're learning the piano as an adult, and especially as an older adult, you might have been told that you're at a disadvantage compared to younger piano learners. But I don't think that's true: I think that adults actually have superpowers that can give them huge advantages when learning piano. In this video I go through seven of them.
*Join my Patreon community*
patreon.com/billhilton
*Check out my books*
How To Be A Better Musician: bettermusicianbook.com
Three ebook bundle: billspianopages.com/bundle
*...and my Piano Packs*
billspianopages.com/pianopacks
*My social media*
Facebook: fb.me/billhiltonpiano​
Twitter: twitter.com/billhilton​
Instagram: instagram.com/billhilton
TikTok: tiktok.com/@billhiltonpiano
*References for Superpower 6*
There's quite a lot of research to support the importance of the factors I talk about in learning. A technical overview can be found at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090458
For a (readable!) overview of the role of sleep, take a look at pp224-235 of Stanislaw Dehaene's How We Learn (Penguin/Viking, 2020)
For the role of all three factors in optimising mental performance in older adults, try Michael Levitin's The Changing Mind (Penguin/Dutton, 2020)
Image credits: Pexels/Cottonbro Studio
Additional filming/development work: Jeannie Gillson
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Superpower 1
02:25 Superpower 2
03:26 Superpower 3
06:34 Superpower 4
08:33 Superpower 5
09:41 Superpower 6
10:44 Superpower 7
