EPTand im pretty bored, so yeah.
being as you can learn to do just about anything off the internet these days, anyone have any good sites or videos or whatever to recommend for beginner piano players?
it'd be much appreciated
best way to learn piano for free?
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keepITup
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and im pretty bored, so yeah. being as you can learn to do just about anything off the internet these days, anyone have any good sites or videos or whatever to recommend for beginner piano players? it'd be much appreciated | ||
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ejac
United States1195 Posts
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keepITup
251 Posts
On November 22 2009 10:16 ejac wrote: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=online piano lessons ok yeah, no shit. just wanted to know if anyone had recommendations thanks 0_o | ||
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MiB
Sweden325 Posts
I personly recomend Andrew fermanchkez | ||
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Misrah
United States1695 Posts
 Once you can 'read' music you can then take any piece of music and play it. Now- is it going to be painful going at first? yes- but if you stick with it, it's no big deal. start with and easy piece, and learn one hand at a time. Then slowly measure by measure work on putting both hands together. simple as that Once you can be pretty proficient at reading music, you will be amazed at how fast you can 'pick up' a piece. I always remember the right cleft notes as: FACE (forgot the rhyme for this one lol) and the left cleft notes as: ACEG (all cows eat grass) | ||
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liosama
Australia843 Posts
He's quite good, although a little awkward. I'm already learning classical guitar but it's a fucking bitch to be able to sight read in classical guitar so I'm just trying out piano to see the 'foundation' so to speak, of music and music theory. He also teaches the little bits of theory here and there that are great. Anyway, I was 'self-taught' in guitar for roughly 2 years before I started taking lessons. The month or two of lessons I've had so far have turned those 2 years upside down. The same can be said for piano, but I exactly don't have the money right now to spend on a piano tutor (although they come in the santa-bag full compared to a *proper* classical guitar teacher). So I do recommend getting a piano tutor, once a week or fortnight is good enough for roughly $30 AUD an hour. The gay thing bout me is I'm using some keyboard given to us by a family friend, the plastic keys don't compare to the proper style keys, but meh. Work at it! Go hard. | ||
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Ludrik
Australia523 Posts
On November 22 2009 10:44 liosama wrote: So I do recommend getting a piano tutor, once a week or fortnight is good enough for roughly $30 AUD an hour. The gay thing bout me is I'm using some keyboard given to us by a family friend, the plastic keys don't compare to the proper style keys, but meh. $30 an hour is pretty good. I had a few lessons recently just before I went for my 8th grade exam. It cost me $20AU for half an hour. | ||
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affinity
United States266 Posts
I grew up playing piano by only reading notes over and over, and I can't "freestyle/improvise" very well, so that's why I suggested ^ | ||
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Hapahauli
United States9305 Posts
As far as beginners go, I'd strongly advise learning some music theory if you haven't already. It is essential knowledge: even a basic understanding of scales, chords, and chord progressions will help you play and learn. Nothing beats a good music theory book, but as far as online, free resources, I'd recommend: http://www.musictheory.net/ Read through a couple of the lessons a day, and if you have a laptop, the site also provides training exercises and tests to help you out. I can't stress the importance of knowing music theory enough. At the very least, gain a firm understanding of scales and basic chord progressions. Having a foundation in theory takes a little time for a huge gain. For technical training, I'd focus on two areas: playing songs that you enjoy, and learning scales and chords in all keys. Songs: Buy a very basic song book in a musical genre you are interested in. If you are interested in Jazz, The Real Book is the end-all, be-all of jazz books for all levels of play. Your options for classical piano are a lot more limited at the beginner level, as most classical books deal with technique and strength building. I have no specific books for pop-music, but they are a dime a dozen. Technique: Buying a scale book can really help, as they contain both scales and chord progressions. Most of it can actually be found online though, but you might not know what you are looking for. Scales and chords are one of the best ways to improve your technique, sight reading, and overall piano-playing ability. Other exercises that could be of interest are Hanon exercises, which can be found in a book, or probably online. Hanon, scales, and chords are part of my daily practice regime to this day. That's all I have for now, though feel free to PM me if you need anything else. | ||
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Halfpastnoob
United States191 Posts
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sharkeyanti
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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DanKlSauce
United States19 Posts
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liosama
Australia843 Posts
On November 22 2009 11:02 Ludrik wrote: For learning to read notes I suggest flash cards. When you start playing pieces keep it slow at first until you've got it perfect then speed it up. Learn the hands seperately before trying to put them together. Scales and arpegios while being boring actually do help you a lot. It's good when you can switch between keys without thining about it. $30 an hour is pretty good. I had a few lessons recently just before I went for my 8th grade exam. It cost me $20AU for half an hour. My guitar tutor is $40 for ~45 mins and my Oud tutor is $50 an hour lol but I have seen plenty of piano ads goin for $30 an hour | ||
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
http://www.synthesiagame.com/ Its basically guitar hero, but for piano. Its a hell of a lot harder than guitar hero of course (piano songs tend to have more than 5 different notes) but its a great learning tool, and the learning pack has some great features to help you learn a song. | ||
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LegendaryDreams
Canada1350 Posts
Also, if you play the piano and play starcraft right after, your typing (macro) will be very fast. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
Many pianists that start training at an early age have the advantage of developing the sense of music as they learn because younger minds are better for absorbing new skills and things. If all you've known is popular music (rock, pop, whatever) then you're very accustomed to the 3-4 chord repetition pattern that dominates pretty much everything in popular music. I recommend listening to classical music in a consistent basis (maybe at least 30 minutes a day devoted to listening) and taking notes on just "how it feels". Sometimes you'll recognize a similar pattern, hear a similar melody, really like a progression or not, etc. It's very important that you learn from classical music (even if you're aiming to just play popular tunes later) because it will lay a nice foundation of musical sense in your mind. It's also an excellent way of "informally learning" rudiments/harmony (music theory). | ||
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