How to Self-Teach the Piano?

Question

Let me first say that I think a teacher would be great but currently there is just no way this works with the Corona situation, kids at home etc. I know that the usual advice is to get a teacher and I agree although I am generally a good self-learner.My background: I had music classes in school, I can read notes but never learned an instrument. Almost exactly a year ago my wife and I bought a digital piano (Yamaha Arius YDP-164). She learned to play in her youth. However I thought if we have this at home I will learn it. I love listening to piano music, be it classical or jazz.Back then I started to train about an hour every evening. I used a few books like "The Russian School of Piano Playing". I felt that I made good progress in the few months until the Corona madness hit. Then time was scarce and I totally stopped.Now I want to start over again and wonder if you have some tips on what I should play/practice especially. How do divide my daily hour? My plan is to do it in the evening/night with headphones, so a teacher really is not an option currently.Thanks in advance.

dusted · Accepted Answer

I guess it depends a lot on how you learn. I've learnt almost everything I can do reasonably well by "sitting down and doing it". The same goes for making music, sitting down, hitting keys, and bit by bit, some simpleton version of F&uuml;r Elise comes out, then looking at the sheet music, seeing a link between the sounds I'm making and the symbols.. Seeing that there are symbols that don't fit with what I'm playing, trying to hit more notes, find out that those in between is why my version sounds simple, learning to hear those new notes, and just iterate endlessly.