when learning to play piano, learn both hands simultaneously or learn right first and then left hand?
I have two children who are learning piano. Both started with Suzuki method, but only one is continuing with it. . For the standard repertoire, Suzuki method usually teaches the melody first and then the harmony. The melody is usually, but not always, on the right hand. It makes sense to learn melody first because people tend to think in terms of melody. When we learn the melody first, we get a sense of the rhythm of the piece as well. . However, if you are doing a different kind of music, you may prefer to learn the left hand, first. This is especially true if you are doing a lot of improvising. You might want to learn the rhythmic and harmonic patterns first, and get your left hand to just remember them, and then you don’t have to look at it, and you can focus on improvising with your right hand. . Later on, when your left and right hands are well-practiced, and especially if you have learned to read music, you probably can learn both hands simultaneously, but that takes a good deal
