Q. i know a lot of people who teach themselves to play the guitar using online lessons or books or both. can you do the same thing to learn to play the piano/keyboard... or do you need formal training?
in people's opinion, what's more difficult to learn to play... the guitar or piano/keyboard?
thanks!
A. Hey there!!
I used to learn the piano when i was a kid. And when my teacher got married and moved away, I started self-learning the guitar. After a year i got formal guitar lessons. In my opinion, learning the guitar by yourself is easier.
Yes you're right. People can can books and stuff for guitar. It's really easy. I've tried looking up piano lessons online for free and there isnt much.
Piano is a harder instrument to self-learn because you need to know the positions and you really need someone to be there explaining then to you where as the guitar you can just get chord charts and it tells you the fingering and everything!
So in my opinion, guitar is easier to self-learn! :D
Good luck!
Is it possible to teach myself how to play piano?
Q. my parents won't sign me up for piano lessons, but i really want to learn. they probably wouldn't buy me any books about it or anything either. is there any place online that can teach me? or any youtube videos? anything??
thank you.
A. I'm currently trying to teach myself piano, and yes, it is hard, but still possible. You need a couple steps to be able to start playing;
1.Learn to read music-piano uses standard notation always. To be able to know what you need to play without having to figure it out by ear you need to know this. http://datadragon.com/education/reading/ (learn to read music)
2.Understand where the notes are on the keyboard-obviously knowing what note you have to play means nothing if you can't find that note. http://img.quamut.com/chart/401/10cscale.jpg (also keeping in mind the black keys are sharps and flats)
3.Know how chords work and how to play them-music is often based around chords, playing multiple notes together that make a distinct sound. A chord finder is here http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm but it would be good to pick out the patterns of how chords can be found just from their name, such as minor chords have their 3rd lowered (this takes basic knowledge of music theory, which I would also recommend http://musictheoryblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/basic-piano-chords.html)
4.A good site with piano music-it helps to have access to a large amount of free sheet music right? http://my-piano.blogspot.com/
with all this it's just a matter of practice. Lots of practice. Most people take years to become successful with the piano, so it's something you've got to be ready to put a lot of work into.
Where can I get sheet music for the Viola?
Q. Is it just me or has every violist noticed that its so hard to find viola sheet music online? I've looked for
Taylor Swift
Evanescence
Tokio Hotel
Paramore
and a lot of other bands.
Can anyone help me?
A. Most sheet music stores online, have an area that is dedicated to particular instruments such as the Viola (I've included a direct link in the source). You can also search just for songs in the Viola category.
It is hard to find popular music (such as the bands that you mentioned above) for the Viola, because those bands are more commonly played on the guitar or piano, so publishers generally don't spend money on publishing it.
Regardless, I've found a few books that may be of interest to you, that include some current hits for the Viola. You can click on the "Complete Song List" link to see the table of contents. I hope there is something there for you.
Isn't Viola a "C" instrument? If so, you might also look for piano fake books, or EZ play piano books, in which the melody line is composed of one melodic note at a time and not a slew of chords. It might be easy to use such a book for the Viola, if you are able to stay within constraints of the instrument's range.
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