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Originally Posted by Willravel
A piano teacher is a must. Self teaching misses the subtle nuances necessary to develop proper technique.
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I really don't think there's anything that's a must in learning how to play an instrument, apart from access to the instrument itself. A piano teacher would probably be helpful, but I doubt it's necessary.
I found that my progress on piano accelerated exponentially once I got myself a scale book and started working out of it. Make sure you get a book with the fingerings in it; it'll help you to learn how the fingering generally works, which will in turn mean that when you're playing other stuff you won't have to spend as much time learning what fingers should go where. Also make sure that you do the scales two-handed. It'll be hard at first and you'll have to go slow, but in the long run it'll help you a lot.
Scales are boring, but they're great exercise. Do them.