I don't know if this fits here or not, but I am learning to play the piano. At the humble age of 15. My sister has been taking lessons for years so I am looking at her old books.
I have played drums for years so I have a general understanding of music, but I want to learn about chords and other stuff. Maybe I should take a music theory class.
I can get through a few very simple songs but I cannot comfortably sightread yet. I want to play some piano covers of electronic music bu t that is probably a few years away before I have that skill.
Any tips?
Also, discuss piano here.

LeDerpy123 wrote:

I don't know if this fits here or not, but I am learning to play the piano. At the humble age of 15. My sister has been taking lessons for years so I am looking at her old books.
I have played drums for years so I have a general understanding of music, but I want to learn about chords and other stuff. Maybe I should take a music theory class.
I can get through a few very simple songs but I cannot comfortably sightread yet. I want to play some piano covers of electronic music bu t that is probably a few years away before I have that skill.
Any tips?
Also, discuss piano here.

It's a good instrument to learn. My only tip would be to maintain a regular practice schedule. I would practice right before my lessons and that screwed me over.

I just picked it up again earlier. I am better at the violin at this point, but I still have some piano skills in me.

I'm doing a medley of some Minecraft songs, so far I learned Sweden and Haggstrom

I took piano for about 5 years, I got bored with it when I was about 11 (and also my teacher was getting really old and wanted to stop teaching anyway).

I now feel like trying (and mostly failing) to play Dream Theater on the piano…

inb4 mythbusteranimator

Well, I've played for just about a year now and I can play miscellaneous song that aren't really noteworthy plus Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, and Clair de Lune. Right I'm learning to play Fantaisie-Impromptu…my teacher doesn't know yet, I decided to on a whim a few hours ago xD first 6 measures done.

Instead of editing, I shall utilize my progress as a disguised bump, even though this is technically still on page 1 xD

The Fantaisie is doing really well! I can do the first 6 measures fast and fluently now, I'm practicing the scale that stretches the next 2 measures w/o the left hand. According to BachScholar it's a good idea for me to start doing the Tausig excersize.

astro-mechanic wrote:

inb4 mythbusteranimator

Well, I've played for just about a year now and I can play miscellaneous song that aren't really noteworthy plus Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, and Clair de Lune. Right I'm learning to play Fantaisie-Impromptu…my teacher doesn't know yet, I decided to on a whim a few hours ago xD first 6 measures done.

I'm learning Moonlight Sonata. I learned Fur Elise a while ago and memorized it but I've forgotten most of it

Firedrake969 wrote:

astro-mechanic wrote:

inb4 mythbusteranimator

Well, I've played for just about a year now and I can play miscellaneous song that aren't really noteworthy plus Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, and Clair de Lune. Right I'm learning to play Fantaisie-Impromptu…my teacher doesn't know yet, I decided to on a whim a few hours ago xD first 6 measures done.

I'm learning Moonlight Sonata. I learned Fur Elise a while ago and memorized it but I've forgotten most of it

Yay! I was surprised at how easy Moonlight was. Fur Elise was difficult in places

astro-mechanic wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

astro-mechanic wrote:

inb4 mythbusteranimator

Well, I've played for just about a year now and I can play miscellaneous song that aren't really noteworthy plus Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, and Clair de Lune. Right I'm learning to play Fantaisie-Impromptu…my teacher doesn't know yet, I decided to on a whim a few hours ago xD first 6 measures done.

I'm learning Moonlight Sonata. I learned Fur Elise a while ago and memorized it but I've forgotten most of it

Yay! I was surprised at how easy Moonlight was. Fur Elise was difficult in places

…you make me feel smart and not-so-smart at the same time–Moonlight Sonata's been harder xD

Firedrake969 wrote:

astro-mechanic wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

astro-mechanic wrote:

inb4 mythbusteranimator

Well, I've played for just about a year now and I can play miscellaneous song that aren't really noteworthy plus Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, and Clair de Lune. Right I'm learning to play Fantaisie-Impromptu…my teacher doesn't know yet, I decided to on a whim a few hours ago xD first 6 measures done.

I'm learning Moonlight Sonata. I learned Fur Elise a while ago and memorized it but I've forgotten most of it

Yay! I was surprised at how easy Moonlight was. Fur Elise was difficult in places

…you make me feel smart and not-so-smart at the same time–Moonlight Sonata's been harder xD

Perhaps it's because I learned Fur Elise earlier than I did Moonlight, with quite a few pieces in between. I'd already done quite a bit when I did Fur Elise though. I'll just say that if you've got Fur Elise down, you have the skill to do Moonlight

…I learned Fur Elise before I learned Moonlight Sonata with many pieces in between also xD

(I'm not joking around or anything, this is actually true!)

Firedrake969 wrote:

…I learned Fur Elise before I learned Moonlight Sonata with many pieces in between also xD

(I'm not joking around or anything, this is actually true!)

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Moonlight took me about 2 months to do in total By “easy” I mean relative to Clair de Lune, which took me 6 months.

LeDerpy123 wrote:

Maybe I should take a music theory class.

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you're a drummer? do you take band? if you take band, focus more on mallet instruments and that will help you a lot. you're in high school, right? ask a friend or instructor who's good at playing mallets to teach you greenscales in order. the 2nd half of each scale is the 1st half of the next scale in the circle of fifths

Better bump this

I'm currently learning this (decided to a few hours ago) and I have the first section down. I want to play that and Clair de Lune at a music night my teacher is hosting somewhere around February.

I love playing the piano. In Ireland (where I live) I am on grade 2 in my exams. If I want to play cool songs on the piano, I go onto YouTube and watch the piano tutorials. With dedication, I have finally cracked the Simpsons. A tip is start with the right hand, then the left, and then together. And if you keep failing a song you did ages ago, take it apart! It always works for me, and I'm 12!

My mum's been teaching me piano for a few years; now I'm bored of the usual exercises, so my mum helps me with some songs that I like; for example part of Per Elisa (Beethoven), or One man's dream (Yanni), or Always with me (forgot who's the author).
But I create and compose my own songs, too! I even made a project, but it needs a LOT of updating.

i've been surrounded by too many unreliable adults who would rather force me to submit and obey than actually learn anything
so i am now self taught in piano

TKb0iZ wrote:

i've been surrounded by too many unreliable adults who would rather force me to submit and obey than actually learn anything
so i am now self taught in piano

I'm in a sorta similar situation lol
I'm also trying to learn how to play Creator by Lena Raine on the piano
it's very waltz-esque and I haven't yet learned any waltz songs, soo, I guess my left hand is gonna get (unalived) lol