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bluesalien
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I'm new here but this is one thing I know something about. I play piano by ear and the best advice I could give is to never give up.
It's going to take a while of playing the same song over and over (no matter how talented you may be) for your muscles to get comfortable with the movements and postures. So the key is to pick a song you LOVE and would love to play on piano , but something that wasn't written by Chopin.
Find an easy song and play it over and over again. Start with one note of the melody, play it until you don't have to think about what you're doing and then pick out a simple bass line.
There's no shame in playing a very simple version of a song and working your way up. And there's not always going to be forward progress, but stick with it and you will be able to play the song.
One last thing. Learn scales. I'm not talking learning the names of the scales or the notes within the scale, but if you know which keys are always going to be excluded you have less keys to pick from when picking out a song. For example, in Mary had a little lamb, the second note is higher than the first. But when you learn the scale (C major is an easy one for this...it's all the white keys starting with C) you know that the next note isn't black and it's not the first note, so you've cut six possibilities off the list.
That sounds like a lot of brain work at first, but with practice it will come naturally. I can play a lot of songs I've never played before on the spot because I've practiced these methods. Sometimes they're simpler versions of the songs and sometimes the songs have such odd melodies (Rhapsody in Blue, for instance) that I have to pick the parts out one at a time, but I can learn it.
The point is don't give up. Eventually you will want to learn the theory parts of music. You don't have to come away dripping with it but understanding the mechanics helps so much in later playing.
Yell at me if I haven't made any sense here. Good luck!
<Added>
Well, just in case somebody wonders, I was thinking of London Bridge when I wrote about the second note in Mary Had a Little Lamb being higher than the first. It's lower than the first, but the method works the same.
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quiescen
(102 points)
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Hello Jackie,
I wrote an article about this a while back that may help you. Here it is:
So, you've been thinking about taking piano lessons. And you're a beginner. You probably think you'll begin your piano lessons studies with note-reading and triads. And you'd be right!
Most piano teachers begin their students out on some obscure method book that drags out the teaching process. This makes your piano teacher rich and you a much poorer piano player.
You may be thinking there's a better way to learn piano. And you'd be right again! Listen to this. What if there was a method… a way to play piano right away using a modern sounding chord? And what if you could use this chord to create your OWN music instead of playing Kum ba ya 40-50 times for practice.
You're in for a treat because this kind of piano instruction exists and can be found right on the internet. I'm talking about something called the Open Position Piano Chord and with it, you can quickly and easily create your own unique music. Not in months or years. Not even in weeks. I'm talking about hours!
But how you ask?
The answer is easy. The Open Position Piano Chord uses both hands right away to create a modern sound. Once you master this chord position (takes about 10 minutes or less) you'll be well on your way to playing contemporary styles. The best part about this chord structure though is how easy it is to create with.
Because both hands are used immediately, you have the opportunity to play with the tones under your fingers. The lowly triad, while still used in much western music, is not so friendly in this regard.
With the triad, you get 3 tones to play around with and while you can create some music with this, it's just not what today's sound is all about.
The Open Position Chord however gives you a modern seventh chord to play with right away. Used in Jazz, New Age, and Contemporary styles, the seventh chord is the foundation of most of today's music!
Look, if you want to get really creative at the piano, try the Open Position Piano Chord and you'll see how your piano lessons will become that much easier!
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Edward Weiss
http://www.quiescencemusic.com
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musiciancowboy
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Hi,
As the old saying goes...practice makes perfect!! With that I mean practice listening to a favorite song on a cd and try to emulate that on your instrument. You might find that fairly difficult at first, depending on the piece of music of course, but in the end it will get easier.
Dan Maynard
visit us at www.piano-keyboard-reviews.com
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alchemynut
(10 points)
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i learn by ear myself and personly my advice is to listen to alot of music and PRACTICE.
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Canadian
(566 points)
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Try finding some chords to go along with the main tune. It will sound really neat.
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