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...sentation of what you do. In marketing there is a term called an elevator pitch, which basically means learning how to present yourself in 60 seconds so that the person you are pitching to will get ...
...ce work comes from continuo work on harpsichord or organ. It is extraordinary to me that pianists rarely learn the other keyboard instruments! The real world (the one that writes checks) will not care...
...laysia and graduated in year 2000. We love playing the piano. Although our playing is fine, but we still learn new things everyday. We will post the stuff we learn, we compose, or improvise in this bl...
...owever, I find myself falling into ruts with the chords I choose and the style I play, and would like to learn more. 2) I have a Yamaha Motif 8 in addition to my acoustic piano, and would really like ...
As a beginner, I am learning that in piano (much more so than in other fields I've been exposed to), two people will advise two directly opposing views about basics, and both are certain they are righ
...rget about the connection from keys-on-the-keyboard to written chord symbols. I'm not sure if I can 'unlearn'/'forget' or 'abstract from' this subconsious connection to the written symbols so at the...
Hi, I am trying to learn and simultaneously memorize the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata. I have read that one important part of memorization is to analyze the piece. I think this wi
... already have enough work to do that they need to play in sandboxes? Do you change your car every day to learn to 'hear' the engine and adjust your driving? Do ski racers change skis every day? You mu...
Hi, I'm trying to learn Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata. The 2nd and 3rd movements seem pretty straightforward, but a couple of points in the 1st movement are giving me trouble. 1. Do the trills s
...nts Advise, My son is 7 Years old and been going to piano lessons for a year, I myself is thinking about learning, but I enjoy mucking around with the computer and Digital Video. I can go for a Kawa...
...lessons at age six and stopped in high school. I'm 27 now, and I still play the piano for fun, and enjoy learning new music from sheet music, and playing by ear. I grew up learning classical music fro...
... taken 6 to 12 months of piano lessons prior to guitar lessons - would probably be further along with my learning to read standard notation, music theory, etc. Plus, want to start doing a little compo...
...her good arrangement would be also ok. Oh, and there must be fingering because otherwise I doubt I could learn it :) Thans in advance!...
I'd like to start learning the WTC (I've played prelude 1, prelude and fuga 2 and prelude 21 of book 1). I'd like to start learning it in order of difficulty. Does anyone have a site recommendation or
...ity College to buy a piano, then became an apprentice to the man who sold him the piano, which is how he learned to repair and restore them. This Don Quixote of the keyboard, who didn't play well en...
...scriptions, I guess this post should be broader than the subject). But he still helps me play better and learn more easily (even the transcriptions). Any thoughts on all this?...
...lessons now for about 6 months, and my instructor is becoming annoyed with me. Why? Because as soon as I learn a piece of music I stop looking at the notes because they are too hard for me to read wel...
...d Board edition with some good commentary) I want to know which are generally regarded as the easiest? I learnt Prelude No 1 Book 1 in C major years ago, and am now of intermediate standard. Some of...
... because I'm mostly just trying to pick out the right melodies and chords. And if the song I'm trying to learn isn't exactly something I want to write down and memorize an exact arrangment for, the ne...
...ould consider getting him a 'real' piano. (We have a Yamaha CVP-92). She felt this was needed for him to learn the finer nuances of playing piano. She even felt this way after playing our CVP a few da...
To learn the basics of playing keyboard or piano is 61 keys enough? I am not sure I ready to make a commitment, but for under $100, I would be willing to take a shot. - Richard Hutnik
I'm a guitar player who is finally trying to learn how to play the piano the 'correct' way. I've messed around playing chords on the piano for several years, but I never really knew what to play with
...e it fit, not badly so but still more obtrusive, so that they will have the benefit of having a grand to learn on. That's the budget. To wait may mean, once again, they lose interest. Or, is it really...
Hi, my name is Timmy, and I am 7 years old. I would like to know if I am too old to learn how to play piano? I like the barney songs and also I like some of the snoopy songs too. My friend told me tha
Brian, I'm certain you'll get a lot of good advice here, so I'll keep my response short. I started at age 47, took some lessons, and am having a great time playing piano. If you love music, and ar
...ently completed two beginner piano books, and had several lessons over the three months that I have been learning. I would like to try and learn some songs other than Michael Row Your Boat, For He's...
...yboard that would interface with a PC and some piano software, if that would make him more interested in learning. He loves doing other stuff on the PC. Can anyone speak to this idea? I'm also inter...
... any additional would be an added plus. Is there a site that shows me? Thanks. P.S. I've wanted to learn this forever anyway, but I was watching a video by the band Toto from the 80's, the song ...
...ld rather stop the lessons before we actually do any damage. The thinking being, I'd rather have him NOT learn piano and be happy, rather than him feeling like he's obligated to take piano and then dr...
hi1 Is theare a web site that show me how play a chord....for example...how is a 'a#' ecc...?....the correct position of my hand on keyboards? thx
...eces trivially simple where I now find them challenging? My guess is yes, but, if not, how does one EVER learn a difficult piece!!? It would take MONTHS at my current level of skill. Thanks for answer...
...er whose sings, talks etc etc. this means that songs written using predominantly white notes are easy to learn, play and remember. The whole point of getting the book was to greatly expand my repert...
Hi, I was musing about what is the biggest accelerator for learning the piano. My guess is playing precisely, which means playing with intense concentration. For me that seems to give the biggest gain
... able to jazz piano, as well as some pop songs, and write my own music. Is it really necessary for me to learn to read music? Also, I am in my 40s and wonder if it is too late. Any suggestions?...
... exactly do with the left hand. Usually when I start off playing by ear in the most simplest stages of learning a new song, I usually play the chords and melody with the right hand, and I'll try to ...
Here is a question: what pieces from the classic repertoire can you convince students to learn using the argument that it will help them to play pop music? Maybe the answer is none? Of course, there i
...cholars/players reading this newsgroup? I have a very, very old piano music book which I would like to learn about. It may date from c. 1900 or even earlier. It is a collection of Schubert pieces ...
...lthough I was first introduced to Bach's Two-Part Inventions as a youngster, I have recently returned to learning. I am certainly enjoying them much more this time around! I read that Bach presented t...
My niece would like to learn to play piano. I was thinking of buying her a relatively inexpensive keyboard, but I do NOT want one with dozens of voices, preprogrammed rhythms, or pre-recorded songs. I
Hello, I ve just begun learning piano, it 's been 1 month now and as i am 25 years I was wondering if it was not too late for learning and if I could hope to play Chopin one day. As i work, i can
...menti. Horowitz talks about Clementi with a good deal of feeling and insight and makes one interested to learn more. Rubinstein - Love of Life Another largely uncritical portrait of a great pianist....
Hello... Can anyone advise me which order a beginner should lean the scales and chords? I'm guessing that 'any old order' may not be the best way... Thank you,
...the pedals. A perfect instrument for a gameroom or a casual room, or for someone's first instrument to learn on! This piano is located in Arlington, Texas, and local pickup is recommended (I recom...
...ok for when I am checking it out? Also, what is your opinion of this piano? (touch, sound, etc) I am learning classical piano and really want an acoustic piano, however because of portability and ...
...o versions, I think, the Vox and the EMI. Comments on them? Any live versions? regards, SG (trying to 'learn' better the Missa from Klemperer's EMI version before receiving Silvestri's. . .( :)...
...m finding that if I'm working on one piece of music, to the exclusion of the pieces that I've previously learned, that after a week or so, my ability for the pieces that I haven't been practicing real...
... is, Gould seemed to have a real affinity for the music. The question is, why didn't he take the time to learn harpsichord technique and record them on the proper instrument? That said, it is a great ...
I recently learnt 'Soldatenmarsch' (op 68/2) by Schuhmann. When I played it for my teacher, she told me a 'trick' to make it sound better. It's bringing out the soprano voice stronger. The piece consi
...can disagree that his music is most beautiful. I have done alot of research on Henselt over the years. I learned that he wrote a lot more music than most people would find out about just out of search...
...21st century, the vision-averse New York Philharmonic has generally seemed intent on sticking to what it learned in the 20th: formulaic programs, a grudging approach to new music and an institutional ...
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