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Apps can help you learn an instrument, but they’re not enough

You can get help from iPhone and iPad apps to learn piano. What you should not do is cancel your practice sessions with a live teacher.

Smartphone displaying a Duolingo-style piano learning screen rests on bright green fabric, placed over black and white piano keys in a diagonal arrangement
It’s best known for languages, but Duolingo includes a piano course that you can work through with or without a real keyboard,

My piano playing has been compared to Rachmaninoff’s. Only last week, someone said, “he’s not as good as Rachmaninoff.”

I can’t say I’m surprised, but I want you to know that I am trying. So for instance, right now, I am 525 days into Duolingo Piano and 48 days into using Simply Piano.

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