learn to play the piano
1 week ago
always wanted to walk into a room and see a piano and be able to sit down and play at least one song.
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How to play the piano
It made me
 "There was a lot of obstacles I faced in order to master in playing the piano. It takes a lot of practice, a lot of patience, and a lot of time management."
How I did it: I enjoyed my first couple of years of piano when I was younger. However, I grew tired of it and decided to quit for three years. When the end of 2006 came along, I decided to learn the piano again. I had basic knowledge and I could still play pretty well. I have learned that it takes devotion and patience in order to learn and practice to become a great pianist!
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How I did it: My mother is an accompanist and I used to take piano lessons when I was younger and I thought it was something I liked to do. I quit because of school, but now I have pretty much decided to get back into taking piano. I have an upright piano in my living room and I sat down with some of my old music books and began practicing again. First with scales and arpeggios and then with simple music until I felt like I have managaed to gather back… Read how I did it…
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"Smile" by Chaplin 
How I did it: The piano is my favorite instrument, so why wouldn't I want to play? I enrolled in a piano class at school. It was an 18-week course but I put in some long hours. Repeating a lot of songs at home for the family-- they hated me! LOL! For the final, I played the song I longed to learn: "Smile" written by Charlie Chaplin Read how I did it…
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How I did it: Asked my mum if i could learn an instrument, she said yes so i decided i'd like to play the piano. She called a tutor and i went to lessons every Wednesday after Primary School, then my teacher said she was moving to London, so i got a new teacher, after 2 years with that teacher, i'd got nowhere and wasn't doing very well so i got another teacher who put me in for theory and practical exams and now i can play pretty much everything.… Read how I did it…
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happy
How I did it: My parents sent me to piano lessons when I was 7 years old. They and my teacher kept me practising every day for 45 minutes until I was 18 years old. Read how I did it…
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How I did it: I took piano lessons from my childhood to my late teen years (around 10 years).I practiced often, as much as possible I did it everyday. I went to my teacher at least once a week.Hanon was a very useful exercise book. I think it really helped me gain speed and develop firm fingers. My usual drills include scales and exercises from Hanon. Read how I did it…
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my first song!
1 month ago
so…i’ve never taken any formal lessons before but i’m working on learning. i’m using books, websites (youtube), and anything else i can to help. right now i’m working on the song comptine d’un autre ete l’apres midi by Yann Tiersen. it’s my favorite song on the piano and so far i’ve learned the first part. not much progress but i just started two days ago.
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beginning my lessons soon
1 month ago
Over the past year or so, I’ve gotten it into my head that playing piano would be fun. I’ve always sort of wished that I could play. I don’t have any music background, so this may be a steep hill for me to climb, but I’m pretty excited at the prospect of learning to play. I will start lessons later this month.
Still working on Serenade
1 month ago
I am working on the dynamics today. I like this piece. I looked it up on the internet and found a cool Japanese? video that is set to this piece. I also looked at other people at various levels of mastery playing this piece. You can learn what to keep and what not to do by listening to others. I love music today.
I played the piano today
1 month ago
I spent a lot of time on Schubert’s Serenade. It is now my friend. :)
restlessspirit Ready for summer =)
Took a college class on it
2 months ago
Though, I’m about to have finals on it…I prolly won’t do well on the written test. It confuses me a bit.
I also can’t sight read. I have to look at the notes on the music sheet and then fill it in.
I’m practicing though. Trying to get it down. I’m hoping that I’ll learn how to sight read someday…
Hopefully after this course, I’ll continue to play
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First step
3 months ago
I’ve bought some music – now I need to sit down and play! I also need to get my piano tuned.
This site intrigues me.
4 months ago
So I made an account. I read a series of posts by someone named Kel when I was searching for ways to quiet my mind in my insomniac late nights. I like the idea of a collection of things people want to do. It helps put me in perspective. And place.
Sam Johnson is trying to stay happy
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4 months ago
I am a musician with very low piano skills and it makes it almost impossible to succeed in this world without them.
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whitefoxx1990 asks,
“Im not very good,well, havent really tried anything yet, and i need something to practice. If anyone knows a good site qwith tutorials or can give me lessons online, it would be greatly appeciated, for im short on cash and parents wont pay for lessons.”
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lockstl asks,
“I am 26 and I feel like it is too late to start learning. What are your thoughts on this? Also, how many hours a week/month are we looking at if one is serious about learning?”
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