Mr Clean wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:17 pm
My wife however, who has been playing as long as me, is a classically trainer pianist and can play any piece of music you put in front of her, which absolutely blows my mind. Something she's never heard before, she can play, just like that.
I can't imagine I'll ever be able to do that... I think if you learn something when you're nearly 40 its never gonna quite take root in your brain like if you learn it as a kid. I'm getting there with moving a few chords around with my left hand while playing melodies with my right which I'm happy with.
Also, and I'm really happy about this, I've started writing a few more songs recently... while I haven't recorded any piano as yet I'm starting to hear piano parts in my head when I'm writing.
I can play fur Elise because I had an electric piano as a kid that told me all the notes to play. I can’t really play anything else lol. As much as I’d love to play Chopin, I’m too old for that now.
“Naaaaaaaaaah man. I ain’t touching that mic. That thing’s expensive!”
Strike that. I’m gonna learn Chopin Op. 9 No. 2. I might not be good at it, but it doesn’t sound hard enough that I can’t play all the notes. I already got the right hand down good enough. I just need to practice the left.
“Naaaaaaaaaah man. I ain’t touching that mic. That thing’s expensive!”
I've started to learn to read music.. and it's finally sinking in. When I've finished the beginner book I'm working my way through I'm gonna get some sheet music for Bach and take it from there.
I will learn some fucking Elton John one day though.
That goal was get it on casters so I can make better use of space and clean behind it occasionaly and also to get it tuned.
Then I noodled around on it after I moved it out of the way for band practice.
You should have time to get it down before christmas, right?
awesome youtube comment of the day
Bill and Ted time traveled and brought a bass player from 1973, a drummer from 1984 and a guitar player from 1995. Now they're spreading peace all over the world
[mention]JD01[/mention] I truly admire your determination! I have had pianos, and organs, and keyboards collecting dust around me for years and just can't seem to break through. Every now and again I sit down with beginner's books and other learning tools, and just get frustrated with how slowly I am grasping it. I can read (slowly) the written notes and understand the other symbols on the page, time signatures, key signatures, tempo, crescendo, decrescendo, etc., but just keeping tripping over those damned simultaneous bass clef and treble clef notes!
I'm with [mention]Mr Clean[/mention] with my playing. Bass lines (usually octaves) and right hand chords, and a few melody lines or lead lines. Sometimes left hand chords and melodies on top. I've always been an ear player on guitar, bass and keys and can half-way hang as an accompanist (softly and slowly in the background), but that's it.
Good luck and stay persistent JD! You have the heart to see this through!
