Joey asked:


I’m 17, and I’ve been playing an acoustic and electric guitar for almost 3 and 1/2 years now, I’ve been playing the ukulele for a decent amount of time, and I’ve recently started playing the piano. I’ve been playing the piano for only a few weeks, and I can read sheet music (I cant sight read proficiently, but I can learn songs with time) And I can playing every major scare in contrary and parallel motion already after only a few weeks. I feel as if I have a knack for picking up instruments considering I’ve never had lessons for any of the following. Would learning the violin without lessons be difficult since I’m not a middleclass family with money to spare to get them? Or would it be a waste of time? – Also, since I’ve been playing a guitar, and it seems in a way relevant to finger placement of a violin (Don’t criticize my assumption, just a guess of relevance) should it be pretty easy to pick up since I am familiar with a stringed instrument?

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~Claire~ FutureFilmmaker asked:


I played from the ages 5-9, but my parents got divorced and things got complicated so I chose to quit. My dad has played for 50 years, and he’s really talented. I asked after things got settled if he could teach me, but he was too impatient and I didn’t learn anything.

I know all the notes and I can often teach myself by ear. But I see my father sight reading and I think it’s amazing! I was mostly just taught theory and things like that. It was mostly out of a book, and I didn’t play much music.

I’m 14 now and I’m really bummed I didn’t get to stick with it. My dad has a grand piano, and everytime he plays it, I get jealous. How do I practice sight-reading, memorizing the notes on the scale, etc.? I really want to be able to choose my own songs and stuff. I know the keys and all, but it’s reading music I have a problem with. Oh- I also get realllllly slow if I have to play with two hands.. :/

Help?
They aren’t guitar based songs, most of them are scores from films and they are all piano. And no, I won’t be “banging out chords”. I want to learn. And it’s as a hobby, not what I want to do with my life.

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poprocks and coke asked:


It’s my dream to go to the royal academy of music in London when I leave school at 18. I’ve been playing piano for around 10 years (since I was 7) but I never seem to actually improve! My sight reading is terrible and I only play at about grade 6 or 7 standard. Obviously I know I will not get into rcm at this sort of level, but I really want to improve–I’m really passionate about this!

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marblebeaches asked:


Hi!
I have a question. Since I was like 6 1/2, I’ve been playing piano (althoughI really didn’t start getting into it until I was 7). Picked up sight-reading and reading music really fast b/cI was super interested, and it still today remains very natural and smooth for me.
i was wondering..just for curiosity’s sake..does this whole process do anything for cognition? (as in give any benefits?) Is it like learning another language (or have the same/similar effect?) Does it make learning other languages easier if it is?

Thanks

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cool guy asked:


I’ve always been playing piano by eye-sight and hearing, that’s how I learned songs. But I realize how much more convenient it is to learn songs from reading music notes, as songs that I truly enjoy playing require me to know how to read notes, and not look at the persons fingers playing the piano.

Oh and one more thing. The fact that I can learn to play a song from looking and listening, my parents think that’s a talent, which I don’t understand because I think anyone can do it, but apparently it’s not easily done. Can anyone explain that to me?

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