Learning Piano Research Paper

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I have been playing piano for eight years. In those eight years, I have taken piano from three different teachers. My first teacher taught me how to read basic music and helped me grow my interest in piano. However, she was always getting sick and having to cancel my lessons and when I did have a lesson she would complain about how she was feeling bad. I finally had enough of this and decided the best thing to do would be to find another piano teacher. My second teacher was very strict and expected a lot out of me. She expected me to practice for about thirty minutes every day. For a ten-year-old, this seemed outrageous. I went through a period where I absolutely hated practicing piano. It got to the point where the only time that I

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