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Learning to play piano

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:18 am
by zosomagik
Anybody have any good piano videos? i'm not just starting out, i'm pretty knowledgeable with music theory. I can play major, minor, and 7th chords and some inversions. But i'm definitely not a pro by any stretch of the mind, but i would like to get closer to that point! So any references would be appreciated.

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:45 am
by legend4ry
I'd work on your finger work and general knowing where to place your hands. Rhythm and then being ambidextrous.

Knowing where the notes are and what to play to get the chord is completely different from being able to actually play piano.

To actually play piano you just have to set up exercises for yourself. A few chord progressions are good to start with. First slow, then start speeding up. Once you have those down then you should try and play some harmony on top as freestyle within that key.

Following this unless the simple becomes second nature and then make more complicated exercises for yourself.

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:05 am
by SunkLo

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:08 am
by zosomagik
Thanks for the replies guys, I get what your saying about the exercises and stuff. That's pretty much what i meant by videos, and Sunklo's forum link has links to some so thanks dude!

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:47 am
by misk
get a monome, and download this:

http://monome.org/docs/app:isonome128

i made it. it's free, and you don't have to know shit about theory :P

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:35 pm
by SunkLo
How does playing chord presets on a monome help you learn to play piano? :?

Re: Learning to play piano

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:00 am
by Lektrone
It's all jazz man..... just hit a few keys until something groovy comes out 8)