How do you learn your piano songs?

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I'm playing piano. Recently I've had trouble learning new songs. Do you have any methods or tips to learn piano songs easier and faster?

HI there,

Good question. Well, I have a technique that I use with my students, both piano and flute.

When learning a new song, I require my students to practice ONLY one line a day.... meaning they are required to devote all practice time to just one line every day. That way they are not worried about the whole song and can concentrate on getting one line sounding good and without mistakes. I know this sounds like it would be taking a long time with just one line a day... but I explain to my students that it is better and FASTER to get one line worked through and accomplished and sounding good by the end of the day's practice than to have the whole song sounding bad at the end of the week, which is going to be what will happen if they don't work slowly.

I always say..."slower is faster" meaning the more time you focus on short segments, the faster that you will get the song sounding really good.

Hope I was able to make some sense to you.
Thanks for reading.