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Josealtron
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States219 Posts
December 13 2012 04:08 GMT
#21
Loved reading this.

I'm a musician myself(a vocalist, studying Choral Music Education) and this story resonated with me. I've had many similar difficulties in my musical journey, but over time I overcame them and am progressing in my abilities both as a vocalist and as a musician in general. I still face more and more difficulties in music every day, but such is life

I'm in the process of learning piano myself(I've seen too many choir directors struggle with the piano-I do not want to be one of them) and this was very inspirational for me. A lot of times, I feel like I'm not improving when I play piano, and so I stop practicing, which of course means that I don't improve at all. Reading this gave me a new drive to work at my piano abilities. Thank you



"If you give up on yourself, you give up on the world."
XDJuicebox
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States593 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 05:55:31
December 13 2012 05:49 GMT
#22
On December 13 2012 08:47 Fyodor wrote:
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On December 10 2012 10:04 rabidch wrote:
cool story.

i dont really play piano these days, but slowly learning pieces here and there, liszts late works are quite easy in comparison to his earlier ones, i'm learning hungarian rhapsody no 17 now.


also, having absolute pitch helps a ton for learning. its quite imba =P

Absolute pitch is useless for piano... there is no potential to select the wrong note if you follow the sheet music.

Useful for singing, tuning, transcription or violin maybe...

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On December 12 2012 14:04 XDJuicebox wrote:
On December 12 2012 13:27 Drow wrote:
Great Blog! The first 3 songs I learned after I quit taking lessons(and playing in general for years) were the same as you so it was crazy to read this. I am planning on taking a look at the other songs you mentioned now.


Haha they're very common songs, and they're also a lot of fun. Jarrod Radnich's songs are all a lot of fun, same with Jon Schmidt's "All of Me." I enjoy playing that a lot. That's the vid I'm trying to upload [though I butcher the song terribly]

Here's a vid of me playing.

DISCLAIMER: Please don't harp on me too hard. I wanted to play the song as fast as I could, and I made a lot of mistakes :/ But hey, at least I had fun XD. There are a lot of little screw-ups so you have been warned!

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Son, music isn't about hitting the notes as fast as you can. What the fuck are you doing lol.


Haha while I agree I do need to slow it down since it sounds terrible like that, music to me is more about having fun ^^, and I assure you I had a LOT of fun while doing that >:D

But yeah I'll probably play it normal speed sometime.

On December 13 2012 13:08 Josealtron wrote:
Loved reading this.

I'm a musician myself(a vocalist, studying Choral Music Education) and this story resonated with me. I've had many similar difficulties in my musical journey, but over time I overcame them and am progressing in my abilities both as a vocalist and as a musician in general. I still face more and more difficulties in music every day, but such is life

I'm in the process of learning piano myself(I've seen too many choir directors struggle with the piano-I do not want to be one of them) and this was very inspirational for me. A lot of times, I feel like I'm not improving when I play piano, and so I stop practicing, which of course means that I don't improve at all. Reading this gave me a new drive to work at my piano abilities. Thank you





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rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 07:21:11
December 13 2012 07:02 GMT
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