Q. I heard my music teacher Playing bohemian rhapsody today (by ear) and I know the chords but how did he know what to put in between them?
A. He used his sense of relative pitch to figure out the notes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_pitch
http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer
Knowledge of music theory also helps you to predict what may come next.
http://www.musictheory.net/
How do I practice reading jazz chords off of a lead sheet? How would I quickly learn to sight read piano music?
Q. I'm a student in the 11th grade. I attend an art school, I am currently studying piano with jazz chords and progressions. I would like to join the jazz band but I need to learn to read a bit quicker. Any ideas?
A. READ --READ--READ--as much music as you can
try to play with other musicians
STUDY-STUDY-STUDY- theory and chord voicings
Is it necessary to get a piano teacher if I want to start to play piano?
Q. Is it possible to learn how to play piano and read piano sheet notes without a teacher. I heard I should find someone who will show me how to read sheet music correct my mistakes. Were you able to learn to play musical instrument(s) without a teacher? If so, what did you do and how long did it take you to learn it? Thank you!
A. Teachers are expensive! You can learn all the basics of sightreading, fingering, handpositioning, and some chord theory in about 4-6 months.
But playing the piano is a skill, like pole vaulting, and the only way to get better is to practice, a lot. you'd be a fool to try pole vaulting without instruction, but after you know what you're supposed to do, you have to just practice.
In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua describes making her children practice for 6 hours a night after school. Every Day. If there was a passage where the notes weren't exactly right she would make them play it over and over until the whole thing was perfect. Every time.
I took lessons as a kid and got pretty good after three years. By that I mean I could play certain hard pieces very well. Then I stopped practicing and lessons were embarrassing and a waste of money.
It almost never happens that you can sit down and play by ear. that's a separate talent and I don't know if they can teach that. I always had to have music in front of me, and I had to 'work up" a piece.
I took Cello lessons in High School, I already knew how to read music and had some theory behind me. After 3 months I knew all the fingering positions and it was just a matter of practicing until I got good at it...
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