Anyone play Piano/Keyboard?

Hey. Just wondering if anyone here plays the piano or keyboard. I've been trying to teach myself for a while but never stick at it for very long, what with college and exams and all. I always learn the start of a song or half a song off youtube and then I'll see a more advanced version of the same song and feel like the version I'm learning is wrong or "stupid". Is it ok to learn an easier version of a song?

Also I really want to be able to sing and play at the same time, have the start of Falling Slowly learned and most of Mad World. After the exams I'll try to get them down and put them up on youtube. But I was wondering, if you're singing a version on youtube that is played without vocals, do you not play the right hand notes (which are usually the same notes as the vocals)? Or do you have to change how you play completely?

Anyway feel free to share your piano experience, whether you've done grades or not, what kind of music you play, what you've been learning lately etc. :)

I can play Merry Had A Little Lamb and Chopsticks...

We've already got threads concerning Guitar, Bass and now Piano?
Are you guys putting a band together or something?

Can I be a roadie?

I play piano!
I've played for around 10 years now. Fun stuff!
Right now I'm practicing up some classical pieces (around Grade 9 RCM), and I play lots of stuff by ear. I can play most songs I hear without much practice, so I have fun playing movie themes and other stuff.

For your songs, I would learn the easy ones first, then move up to the advanced ones when your ready. It might not sound as good, but you've gotta practice first ;)

For singing, you probably want to play mostly chords and maybe a harmony. You can still use both hands though.

You can also find lots of sheet music on the web.

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Originally Posted by hilightnotes

I play piano!
I've played for around 10 years now. Fun stuff!
Right now I'm practicing up some classical pieces (around Grade 9 RCM), and I play lots of stuff by ear. I can play most songs I hear without much practice, so I have fun playing movie themes and other stuff.

For your songs, I would learn the easy ones first, then move up to the advanced ones when your ready. It might not sound as good, but you've gotta practice first ;)

For singing, you probably want to play mostly chords and maybe a harmony. You can still use both hands though.

You can also find lots of sheet music on the web.

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K, you beat me >_<

I'm only playing like not really complex st00f... (for me it's hard enough :p)

I can do things from naruto, mario, one piece, mortal kombat and tetris...

not really amazing stuff <_<

I kinda taught myself...same as YB though, I can't do complicated stuff.

(I did figure out Final Countdown [Chorus], Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Crazy Train, Livin' On a Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, El Shadi [Did I spell that right?], and a bunch more on my own, though. Hmm.)

I'm just learning... I can play simple songs with simple chords and that's it.

I've been playing for about 6-7 years, the hardest song I can play right now is the Entertainer. Not much to say about my experiences with piano beyond that.

Here's some asian kid doing a better job than me at it.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcznaE2BDz0"]YouTube - The Entertainer - Joplin[/ame]

"An error occurred, please try again later." :S

I'm sure he's awesome :3

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"An error occurred, please try again later." :S

I'm sure he's awesome :3

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Same...

I bet he makes it into some HARDCORE ROCK STYLE THING!!!!!!!!!!!

Or not.

I actually used to play keyboards and sing professionally with rock bands a number of years ago. I used to write and record music with a guy named Steve Sanders (who used to be with the Oak Ridge Boys) and Ted Watts (who used to play with the Pure Prairie League).

I don't but I"d like to learn how to play. I've messed around on keyboards and stuff like that a lot. I play the guitar so it's given me a decent ear for music so far (I've only been playing a year and going on 5 months so it's not great) And I started learning some music theory but I kind of stopped....I need to keep studying!

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We've already got threads concerning Guitar, Bass and now Piano?
Are you guys putting a band together or something?

Can I be a roadie?

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well, im still the only one who plays bass :| someone (may have been you, i dont recall off the top of my head) mentioned another user who plays it, but ive never seen him around, and there were some other people who play it here and there but mainly play other things. im the only full-on bassist... its so lonely :\

I dabble. I can play 'properly' but I'm not particularly very good. Well I guess I could be if I memorized more songs for it.

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I actually used to play keyboards and sing professionally with rock bands a number of years ago. I used to write and record music with a guy named Steve Sanders (who used to be with the Oak Ridge Boys) and Ted Watts (who used to play with the Pure Prairie League).

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Cool! Did any of you go to a music school? I'm looking into music schools for composition.

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Cool! Did any of you go to a music school? I'm looking into music schools for composition.

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I don't think so.... I'm self taught, however my parents are both classically trained pianists (so I had help). Ted Watts is self taught, but I'm not sure about Steve Sanders (he actually shot himself during the time we were playing together, so I can't really ask him.... http://elvispelvis.com/stevesanders.htm)

I used to play keyboard, I could play a lot of grade 1 songs but never continued to take the grade 1 test. Starting to play guitar now.

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Originally Posted by Yarbone

"An error occurred, please try again later." :S

I'm sure he's awesome :3

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Same...

I bet he makes it into some HARDCORE ROCK STYLE THING!!!!!!!!!!!

Or not.

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You guys don't know that song? Shame! It's like in every amusement park!

Here's a dude playing it. :p

[SPOILER][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ujTjbta_w"]YouTube - The Entertainer by Scott Joplin[/ame][/SPOILER]

ofcourse i know that song... i guess... But i didn't know the name of it :O

I've been playing piano for almost 10 years now. I learned in Hamilton (In Canada, Ontario) by myself then I started going to a school called Ontario's Conservatory of Music.