No way! I have family in Hamilton :p
Also, do you know much about schools for composition? I'm looking to go into a music school for composition soon...
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No way! I have family in Hamilton :p
Also, do you know much about schools for composition? I'm looking to go into a music school for composition soon...
I play piano. I have only played it for about 2 years though. I'm at grade 1 -_-.
Hey to anyone who is learning through grades, is it worth it getting lessons and doing grades? They seem to be pretty expensive and I'm trying to figure out if I'd be just as well off trying to teach myself or not...
They probably are worth the money but I'd like to hear your opinions on the matter.
Lool i'm just playing random stuff, I don't feel like taking lessons :p
The only thing you'll get out of lessons is technique if you can already read music. You'll learn to slur, staccato, blur, proper hand technique, etc. If you already have technique, and are able to read music, I don't recommend you take lessons unless you plan on doing it professionally, in which case the piano teacher can teach you how to teach piano, and the proper manner in which to do a performance, but it's not worth your money if you're just playing at home for fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by pillaysteven
yeh ... for me it's just for fun.. And it's even more fun when you play a song with someone else :hero:Quote:
Originally Posted by Code1337
I got a friend and we made our own song! :3 Sounds very amateur though >_>
My family keeps saying I need to play the keyboard because of how fast I type... but I have no grace or musical talent. xD
lol... i don't think it has much to do with typing xD TBH :p
Well mostly I play just for fun but JazzSoc (the music society in College) do open mic nights and I wouldn't mind having a go. So I guess my overall goal is to be good enough to play and sing some songs for a small crowd (open mic or like at a party where there's a piano/keyboard) or perhaps play in a band but I have no real wish to teach or play professionally. Now I know that achieving those goals is probably a good while away but would you recommend I get lessons?Quote:
Originally Posted by Code1337
I can kind of read music but not really... I think that's more from a lack of study than anything else, I have a good book on it. I have no real technique though I usually just copy key presses and hand movements from videos on youtube.
I would take lessons. If you can't read music that well and don't know what certain things mean or how to play them, you will end up getting the songs wrong and just frustrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by pillaysteven
If you really just don't care that much, just get some simple music or something.
I used to. Got Grade 1, passing by 1 mark (yeah), and Grade 2, losing 1 mark overall, ie, distinction. Then I stopped, due to illness (google: CFS), and have never really got back into it.
CFS... that sucks man. My cousins neighbour had/has that... it's no joke. Are ya getting any sort of treatment? (Sorry doing medicine, apologies if I'm prying, just interested ;)).Quote:
Originally Posted by dawesbr
Thought I'd resurrect this thread. Making a bit of progress but it's slow going and I get frustrated with it sometimes when there are parts of songs that are too difficult :(. Though learning off youtube probably isn't the best way to learn.
Anyway at the minute I'm learning Feeling Good by Muse, Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (frustrating, might learn a simpler version first), Hurt (cover) by Johnny Cash (again frustrating as my keyboard doesn't go low enough for the "what have I become bit") and Signal Fire by Snow Patrol. I'm also trying to sing and play Signal Fire at the same time but I'm getting very frustrated, it's not as bad for Falling Slowly as the words are on-beat with the music.
Anyone else learning anything on piano at the moment?
I've taken 14 years of piano lessons and studied under a world famous pianist for 2 of those later years. I've been playing since I was 4 years old, (so I guess that makes 16 years total) And have won numerous scholarships and performed at several events. So am I qualified? :arg:
Here's a video of me playing a very strange modern song that I won a $2,000
scholarship for my senior year in a performing arts competition.
(warning: The song is very weird and modern, but is also very technically difficult to play. I was a little rusty when I recorded this, so I made a couple mistakes...of which you probably won't even notice.)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJE68_44hPQ"]YouTube - Crazy Hard Piano Song: Tocatta[/ame]
I can't seem to see the video...
Hmmm, I don't know what happened, but I fixed it up. It should be there now...
Yep, it's up there now....and it sounds great apelles!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ApellesJr
It sounds like a modern Gershwin.
Yeah...I really like more classical composers like Rochmoninoff and Beethoven, but this was the only video i had of myself playing, and I don't feel like making one.
But anyways, Burrich, as far as learning new songs, and especially singing while you play, the cliche saying "practice makes perfect" stands true. I helped a friend learn a few of his favorite songs on the radio this past year and he just played them over and over every day on my keyboard and eventually learned them. He plays them all without mistakes now :)