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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
January 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#1
So, I decided I wanted to learn how to play the extremely beautiful initial part of BWV 848 on piano despite not being a pianist. It is far, far from well played, but I'm pretty happy to have learned it as well as I have considering how terrrible I am at the instrument. :D



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I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
eLiE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1039 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-08 22:07:28
January 08 2011 22:06 GMT
#2
Sounds like you're a pianist now.

EDIT:
How's the weather down there?
nbaker
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1341 Posts
January 08 2011 22:08 GMT
#3
Nicely done, man!
Essbee
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada2371 Posts
January 08 2011 22:21 GMT
#4
Wow thats nice :D
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2757 Posts
January 08 2011 22:39 GMT
#5
Good video angle.
IamBach
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1059 Posts
January 08 2011 22:43 GMT
#6
Excellent. I love Bach. You should work on his 2 part inventions now. They are extremely important in developing you Bach piano playing.
Just listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lCZeePG48
WakaDoDo
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden1183 Posts
January 08 2011 23:01 GMT
#7
What sway notes you bring us here this evening (at least it's dark outside where im at ._.). Mr pianist, please learn terran theme from sc1 now .

You rock
lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
January 08 2011 23:18 GMT
#8
Wow, very nicely done. I know the difficulties of trying to learn piano. Good job!
blahman3344
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2015 Posts
January 08 2011 23:24 GMT
#9
Really nicely done, man! It sounds like you really practiced this song, and the practice has certainly paid off. You didn't sound like you weren't a pianist. =P
I like haikus and / I can not lie. You other / brothers can't deny
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
January 08 2011 23:44 GMT
#10
I remember wanting to figure out some songs without actually 'understanding' how to play them... they were out of my league if you objectively measured my piano knowledge/skills... and it's a lot of fun to do that sometimes! Congrats and feel free to keep figuring out other songs! :p
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ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
January 08 2011 23:49 GMT
#11
It started to suck after the 42 second mark!
okum
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
France5779 Posts
January 09 2011 00:32 GMT
#12
I like the ragequit.
Flash fan before it was cool | Coiner of "jangbang"
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
January 09 2011 01:13 GMT
#13
Dat APM. mmm mmm mmm, so good.
Not being a pianist, eh? You're playing piano, quite well if I may add. Sounds like the makings of a pianist to me.

Anyways, nice choice of piece. JS Bach is beyond awesome.
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Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
January 09 2011 01:26 GMT
#14
Good job! How did you learn to do it? I've always wanted to learn some random songs on piano

Och vad kan jag vara själv ? D:
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
January 09 2011 02:19 GMT
#15
Thank you for the positive comments! ^__^ And it wasn't really a ragequit, the part that I wanted to learn was finished there (it starts over and then goes into another part that I'm not as fond of ) and I didn't have anything planned to wrap the song up so I just... quit.

Since I am a very good guitarist (fuck modesty :D) I have a lot of theoretical knowledge about music (and therefore also some basics about piano playing) + already fast and well-coordinated fingers, so I've just kept on fucking around with this piece for a couple of months (I think, but I have no idea when I started out), playing a little every day while gradually getting faster and faster, better and better. Considering how hard I thought it was the first 100 times I tried playing it (10 times slower and only one hand at the time) I'm pretty surprised and proud that I can now pull it off at least somewhat decently.

And ya, Bach is totally kick-ass. :D
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada723 Posts
January 09 2011 03:00 GMT
#16
Very nicely done. Already being a musician helps but it still takes lots of practice to get your fingers to move in ways they aren't used to. The piano really, really needs some tuning/maintenance though :/
Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time.
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
January 09 2011 03:48 GMT
#17
Sounds great man. Not surprised you're already a great guitarist, I can't imagine how much patience and discipline it would take to go from 0 musical experience to that.
Zona
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
40426 Posts
January 09 2011 03:49 GMT
#18
I'm always glad to see a person set out an objective and accomplish it.

How much more of the song are you planning to learn, if any at all?
"If you try responding to those absurd posts every day, you become more damaged. So I pay no attention to them at all." Jung Myung Hoon (aka Fantasy), as translated by Kimoleon
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
January 09 2011 04:18 GMT
#19
I don't think I'm gonna bother to learn any more of it actually. This is the part that I'm in love with and wanted to be able to play, and it takes quite a lot of time and effort to learn such complex stuff when you're not really supposed to be able to play it. So I think I'm gonna stop here.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
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