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It has been years since I've seated myself at a piano to play any chords, so my experience is very limited. My question is about my son who is 14 and has taken up the piano with a vengeance. He started following videos on YouTube to learn all manner of pieces. He follows the hand videos and plays them over and over until he memorizes it. We started himwith lessons with my old piano teacher who is very traditional so at least he can learn to read music. She taught me all my scales and I progressed book by book. I was never diligent but practiced the day of my lesson. He seems to love playing and does so on his own but is not very interested in practicing his beginner because pieces and instead learns off YouTube. I know that with the proliferation of instructional videos on YouTube you can learn all kinds of stuff. I haven't forced him to practice his lesson material. He does so only when he feels like it. For regular musicians, what do you think are the pros and cons of that? I have no aspirations for him to do anything more with it than for it to be a source of enjoyment and relaxation. I just learned in such a different way that I'm just curious. Thanks for any thoughts you may have.