I want to play piano

[Shamrock]

As of last year, I've had an undying urge to learn to play piano. It has never left me nor does it seem to want to leave me. I am in love with music. It blindsided me last summer. I was with my friends' band traveling with them to shows and taking photographs when I realized I wanted to play music. I wanted to perform in front of everyone and make them feel good.

I've always wanted to take lessons, but for some reason, I've never gathered the courage to actually do it. I feel like I am too late to join the crowd and will never be able to play with the likes of anyone. I feel like a 4 year old with training wheels, a parent holding me up, and a stupid little horn on the handlebars (pink mind you, oh and also, those little multicoloured tassels that dangle out the end of the bars).

I just don't know what to do as I want to reach my full potential. I want to be able to play music. It just haunts me everyday knowing I could be bettering myself with such an instrument, but can't because of the fact that I'm too scared? I don't only do this for this aspect of life but for everything. I have a patience problem I think. I want to be the best I can but in a short time I suppose. I've never really figured it out, but that is the best reason I can find.

Heh. Except for failure of course. I hate failure and am scared to death of it.

I don't know. I just needed to get this off my chest.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

 

[Uriel]

Just do it. You'll regret it later if you didn't. Even if you fail at it, atleast you can say you did it.

 

[Viperidae]

I feel like I am too late to join the crowd and will never be able to play with the likes of anyone.

FVCK. THAT. SHIT.

As Uriel said.

 

[Smoke]

If you can afford it and have the time, do it. It will make your life 150% better and give you something to focus on.

 

[Uriel]

I want to join a competitive fight league. Will it happen? Probably not. Will I try? You bet your sweet bippy.

Trying to get up to 200 pounds, that's gonna be extremely hard. Gotta find somewhere to train. Wrestling class and maybe a martial arts while going to college, MAYBE. Then I gotta actually fight in a match, and even then I will probably get destroyed and pummeled into a pile of guts.

But I gotta try

 

[Jintor]

Do it, mother****er.

Piano is one of the most relaxing things I do. Also, I can play Bohemian Rhapsody. CAN YOU? HUH? CAN YOU?

I want to learn Guitar, too.

 

[CyberPitz]

I've had a need to learn guitar/piano/something of that sort of a while now...I am just holding myself back from leaning any of it, since I really don't know jack about music, and am Tone Deaf...

 

[Tyguy]

do it, just dont play the black keys, reverse racism ftw

 

[soulslicer]

Man, I really want to play the guitar..

 

[Azner]

Just do it. You'll regret it later if you didn't. Even if you fail at it, atleast you can say you did it.

Yeah, but remember shammy, that the road is though. I in three years, i was told to take my grade 5 theory and practical. Flunked my grade fives, in theory and practical. If you were smart, like my friend, dont go to the max and make it an exam propety and sutff., just play it for fun, get lessons, have fun. I wish i could just play for fun. Stupid music stuff. sometimes i wonder why i chose the musical path.

 

[Smoke]

Drums > all, to be honest.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Learn the Violin. It's a much more elegant instrument...
And a bitch to learn. D:

(BTW: I still hate you, Shamrock.)

 

[Azner]

Drums > all, to be honest.

Whats rhythm without tone.

 

[Exploder]

I also want to play the piano but I can't at the moment since I still live with my parents. I want to play something like My Heart Will Go On... it sounds phenomenal on a piano, it makes me tear-eyed sometimes.

 

[evil^milk]

As of last year, I've had an undying urge to learn to play piano. It has never left me nor does it seem to want to leave me. I am in love with music. It blindsided me last summer. I was with my friends' band traveling with them to shows and taking photographs when I realized I wanted to play music. I wanted to perform in front of everyone and make them feel good.

I've always wanted to take lessons, but for some reason, I've never gathered the courage to actually do it. I feel like I am too late to join the crowd and will never be able to play with the likes of anyone. I feel like a 4 year old with training wheels, a parent holding me up, and a stupid little horn on the handlebars (pink mind you, oh and also, those little multicoloured tassels that dangle out the end of the bars).

I just don't know what to do as I want to reach my full potential. I want to be able to play music. It just haunts me everyday knowing I could be bettering myself with such an instrument, but can't because of the fact that I'm too scared? I don't only do this for this aspect of life but for everything. I have a patience problem I think. I want to be the best I can but in a short time I suppose. I've never really figured it out, but that is the best reason I can find.

Heh. Except for failure of course. I hate failure and am scared to death of it.

I don't know. I just needed to get this off my chest.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

Do it, NAO.

Let me tell you why.

I've been playing the piano for the past 7 years, and I have never played an instrument so fulfilling and satisfying.

It wasn't till I was 14 that I was actually interested in playing the piano for what it was - a beautiful musical instrument.

I had about 3 awful piano teachers, though - so the only skill I learned throughout 5 or 6 years was to mechanically play the piano. I improved my memorization, my mechanical abilities, and my ear-recognition abilities. I do not consider one who has these skills to be a pianist.

If you want to learn the piano, demand your professor to teach you theory, performance, and composition. Ask him to teach you proper music notation, sight reading, and interpretation.

If you make the same mistakes I made - playing the piano mechanically and by memory - you'll soon want to give up and never will see the point to piano.

So in conclusion:

Find a good teacher who you can exchange conversation with. Tell your teacher to teach you theory, composition, performance, and sight reading. If they only want to teach you the scales and a few pieces, you'll never be a pianist.

It takes a bit of time, but if you dedicate it enough time you'll be playing in about three months.

 

[evil^milk]

I've had a need to learn guitar/piano/something of that sort of a while now...I am just holding myself back from leaning any of it, since I really don't know jack about music, and am Tone Deaf...

Dont let the fact that you're tone deaf hold you back from taking a music lesson. 90% of people are born with musical abilities - the other 10% are quitters, who have an attitude of not wanting to learn and making their lives difficult.

Tone deafness can be improved, take this test and tell me what you get. http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/

 

[Azner]

In my aptitude test, I ace it

F*ck yeah.

 

[Stigmata]

Whats rhythm without tone.

What's tone without rhythm?

 

[Parrot of doom]

There are plenty of cheap upright Pianos to be had on Ebay, and some get given away on freecycle.

I've been playing the piano for years, its very fulfilling. There isn't much that you can't play, and its very satisfying to learn the tunes that everybody knows. Its a great ice-breaker as well, I regularly mess around on hotel pianos and nobody complains.

You don't need lessons to begin with. Buy a book with a CD and teach yourself the basics. From thereon decide what you want to do.

Oh and make sure you get a half decent piano. You'll learn to appreciate the differences, trust me.

 

[Shift]

Go for, music has whats kept me going and it was only when I was 17 (18 almost 19 now) when i realised that music was my lifeline. It will take your mind off things and if you put the dedication and work in, its gives so much back to you. If you wanna perform like in a band though, a proper band thats wont to go a long way, you need PACKS of patience and dedication, was a slow start for mine but are now finally starting to get somewhere.

I love my guitars , and music truely is the greatest thing on this earth. Playing YOUR music to 70,000 adoring fans at somewhere like Wembly must be 100x better than sex imo.