Q. Okay I've tried playing the piano and the glockenspiel (gosh I hated that thing).
But I want to be able to sing and play a different instrument. Not to be famous or anything but I want to be able to sound good. But I feel like I sound horrible. I was singing before and my cousin said my actual voice and hitting notes is the problem. I sound like a little girl and most comment on it. When I record myself singing I can't notice if I'm hitting the right notes or not because my voice sounds worst and younger on audio and it's just a distraction to me. I'm 17 btw.
I hear if you play an instrument it could be beneficial to your singing. I'm guessing the glockenspiel could come in handy with notes because it's like a xylophone and I could try to sing each note I hit easier. But it bores me. I still have it, my teacher sucked and I just wasn't feeling it. I tried piano because I told my dad I wanted to and he got me an old piano. I don't know what kind it is actually, but I do know it has these knobs on it, pedals, little things on the corner of the keys I guess to tune it and these button type things that you press to adjust chords, organ, vibrato cancels, solo registers, and solo timbres (about 20 in all).
I tried but my brother is good at any musical instrument he touches. He can play any drum, the guitar, piano, and the glockenspiel when I let him use it. He reads music really good too. It made me lose my drive to play the piano. The teacher always complimented him. I only knew how to play jingle bells on the glockenspiel. I'm also crap at reading music. I would cheat and write on the piano keys. I've also been told I'm always off beat and can't keep a rhythm by my music teacher (like when you have to tap your foot and play, I forget and stop tapping to follow beats). Well now I got off my jealousy wagon and want to learn from my brother. But he's away for Marine training. He's the only person I'm good at learning from because he doesn't let me quit (if I quit he makes me feel like crap).
I don't have too much money now after paying for college expenses to get an expensive instrument or singing lessons so what do I do? I want to play the drums (most likely drums), violin, or guitar for sure. I don't know my voice type, I can't sing loud, powerful, or high because my voice starts to break/crack. I try to follow the singers but it sounds different and I can't do it. I don't think I sound too bad either. I've had problems breathing through my nose and asthma as a kid so I naturally breathe through my mouth and such even though I can breathe through my nose now. So my singing sounds breathy (if that makes sense).
A. Learning to play an instrument is beneficial to your singing only when you're accompanying your singing, or if you want your singing to stay on pitch.
The "piano" that your father got for you is an organ, with its many buttons that you push. A modern-day electronic keyboard has buttons that you can push to give your playing some special effects, such as a providing a rhythm background. However, a real piano with its 88 keys has no buttons to push.
Learning how to read music is crucial if you wish to sing and if you wish to play a musical instrument.
Here's a couple of links that provide the basics of how to read music:
http://datadragon.com/education/reading/
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music
If you want to improve your singing, then taking voice lessons is the way to go. The voice teacher will be able to listen to your voice and provide advice, guidance and feedback about your singing.
Private voice lessons can be expensive. Many colleges offer voice classes or private voice lessons for voice students, an option that you can explore with your college. Private voice lessons are just that: just the teacher and the student. A voice class may have a dozen or more students, all of whom receive one-to-one vocal coaching by the instructor on a rotation basis. Depending on the frequency a voice class meets and the number of students in the class, a student in voice class may receive one-to-one-coaching from the instructor once a week or less frequently.
Can you recommend some good piano songs for me to learn?
Q. Im 16 and Ive always wanted to learn how to play the piano. I finally bought my piano on amazon.com and am waiting for it to come. Right now im learning all the notes and symbols and everything that is needed to know about playing. Im teaching myself due to the fact that piano lessons are way to expensive. ( I also bought 5 piano books to learn from)
So what songs are good to learn? That arent for complete beginners like twinkle, twinkle little star or jingle bells. but something that does not require to hands to be playing at once?
Also do you think 16 is to old to start learning? ( I learn really fast and hope to catch up really soon)
The songs that i really want to learn are vanilla twilight by owl city and River flows in you by yiruma as well as all the classics. But for now while im still learning i need something less advanced.
Thanks for your suggestions!
A. Any age is the right age to learn!
They say learn notes first, then chords and then scales! Try and set yourself goals there (even in the early stages!) Such as "Learn four chords in one month".
Check out the songs you like on youtube, and you can probably find people teaching them! Even difficult ones like you suggest can be learnt over time!
http://www.learn-the-piano.com offer an excellent way to learn the piano and offer the guarantee: "The Fastest way To Learn Piano and Keyboard or Your Money Back!"
Thats quite an offer I am sure you will agree! Check out the testimonial page and you'll see loads of people learning well from the courses!
Sam
daughter has a keyboard but cannot read music? ?
Q. where on the net could i find music but written as c d e f etc?
A. you can look up a thing called tab
it is basically the cheat way to read music
guitarists like myself use it because it has the chord names but not the triads and the finger numbers and not the notes
so try looking up piano chords not piano music or notes
it will then most likely give you note names not notes
but i do suggest learing a little bit on how to read music
here are some links for songs for piano with note names....
http://tabnabber.com/view_Tab.asp?song=holiday_tunettes-jingle_bells.txt&tabID=754&nick=briev&sArtist=Holiday+Tunettes&sName=Jingle+bells
http://tabnabber.com/view_Tab.asp?song=Lullaby-Twinkle_Twinkle_Little_Star.txt&tabID=2063&nick=HePlaysKeys&sArtist=Lullaby&sName=Twinkle+Twinkle+Little+Star
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