Anyone here play piano?
 

If you play piano, how did you learn?

Do you play by ear?

What are you playing on?

learned piano myself at the age of 16
got some lessons at the age of 20

i prefer sheetmusic to my ear, it makes life easier and you don't have to follow the notes always

playing blues and boogie and some rock classics

sweet

yah i can play some by ear, but i really want to take it seriously now. i tried to play guitar and that wasn't something that came natural to me. i think i made xxxjay's ears bleed actually one night at a party in hollywood. :1orglaugh

the piano is a foundation for some of the music i've been making lately, so i really would like some in depth insight from some people who have taught themselves to play by ear.

Does Virtual Piano Count. In my DAW. I sold the other pianos in the house. I never had a very high quality keyboard. . .

i can play 3 blind mice and the in the movie "close encounter of the 3rd kind" the part where the aliens make contact.

:1orglaugh are you Liberace?

yes, but do you play chopsticks. hehehehe.

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I you want to learn to play the piano then pay some teacher to teach you . that's the best way to learn . Good luck :thumbsup

I do. My mom started me with lessons when I was in Kindergarten.

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, asshole

Both of us have been playing piano since we were 5 or something like that. My BF started playing keyboards when he was 12. He still has a bunch of 70s early 80s keyboards in the cellar and keeps 2 Minimoogs and a Propet T-8 upstairs. I love the Propet because it sounds so fat and warm. Too bad their are only about 1500 of them.

Oh Yea.. Both of us took lessons for about 10 years.

tsk tsk tsk.

if your mom catches you typing like that you're sure to get evicted from the basement.

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I'm so jealous. :thumbsup

MOOG is the way to go.

Juno too.

warm analog tubes. gotta love it.

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I used to play until 17 or so with private tuition...

nothing left though...now I wish I could sit down at a snazzy grand piano in my living room and impress the ladies:(

My stepsister is a concert pianist... she spends more than 8 hours a day practicing, 7 days a week.

I'd love to learn how to play, but with someone like that in the family I'd merely make myself look stupid :Oh crap

I started learning piano when I was 11. I went to this music school. My first lesson was to learn how to read the musical notes. Then my piano teacher had me close my eyes to make sure I can still play without looking at the keyboards. It was fun though but too bad my parents wants me to concentrate on school full time. I do play by the ear though but I find following the notes less tedious.

yah. i'm not reading sheet music. ever. i refuse to. i got kicked out my high school band 3 times because i wouldnt read it. i could memorize a song with one playing so why read it. the other drummers hated me. i haven't played drums in years. i really how bad i suck now when i tried to play a kit at a friend of mines. if ya don't use it, playing by ear and all can suck if you quit any instrument for awhile.

lol.

I started piano at 10 and church organ at 12. Had lessons and did the grade system.

Favorite piece -Toccata and fugue in D minor (Bach). I can read sheet music but I'm getting a little rusty now apart from whats in my head.

I do the whole 80's synth collecting thing too - some Roland stuff (DX1/5/7/), Juno's etc - an Emu 2.

I stopped it all to spin decks and now i don't do either - just shoot porn....theres more money in it LOL.......no theres not...theres no money in porn.

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i like seeing all these people in adult with music backgrounds.

Learned on an old upright... use a Roland RD-170 now

I just read your other thread and didn't realize you were into spinning tunes. I dj'd for about 7 years, released a few white labels and had a whale in the mid 90's. good fucking times.

For your new endeavors id recommend some lessons - it will speed the whole process up. Obviously not some stick in the mud piano grade teacher - but with someone to who you can say "i know a bit but i want to know how to do this, without all the theory shit".

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thats the plan. here in l.a. we have an unlimited supply of musicians. i am gonna put an ad on cragslist with a detailed explanation of what i want.

thanks.

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If you all want to talk music then bring it!
I will just let you know I play piano ok,Violin ok, but my thing is guitar 22 years now and violin is fiddle style.
If I want to lay down a riff I just let it flow from my guitar and bring it into the other instruments.
I just about love everything in music being an open minded musician allows me to flow.

Piano, Guitar, Fiddle (aka violin) bass, drums, trumpet, trombone. Played a lot of things. I still play piano and guitar a lot. Have played on stage with guitar and piano in front of around 1,000 people. Ive sang backup harmonies in front of 2500. Its why I moved to Nashville, and I still write and have done a few songwriter nights in the last 3 months. My wife was classically trained on piano in Japan from age 4.

I play a little

word up!

thats what i'm fucking talking about.

let it flow, fuck the sheet music.

sweeeet.

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That or she might even take his computer away!

Hey I heard you used to be a roadie too is that true I also did some work for some older hair bands back in the day(1988-95)have quite the list with U.S. tours I actually could bet from what you and I have said up until now that you were in the crowd at one point or as I.:thumbsup

1 of the Moogs is from 1974 with the old oscillators. The other one is from 1979 with the updated oscillators. The 74 one sounds so good and warm. I hate to tell you but their is 2 more downstairs. The last time they were turned on, they worked... Humm....Their selling for over 2500 on ebay...:thumbsup

I don't play but my daughter does. She plays by ear and is just now learning to read music (a little) she plays on a full size casio keyboard and records what she plays onto CD. Recently she's started trying to compose her own stuff as well as taking some formal lessons three days a week for two hours each. Her first recital/competition is comming up in about a month....BTW she's only 8 years old.

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