Piano tips/sheet music

[blake]

I love to improvise as well, but I'm nowhere near as good as you, obviously. Often it goes well until I play the wrong bass note... then it sounds terrible.

Most of the time I start with a melody though and try to work bass into it - or I play the bass of a song that I know and incorporate a melody. I've made a few pieces that I play sometimes, but I guess they aren't really improvised pieces anymore if I can remember them.

Anyway, I am deadset going to learn Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits. Going to dedicate all my concentration to this, would really love to be able to play this. Inspired by a fantastic cover on YouTube.

Also, I'm getting a camera in just under two weeks - will be able to record some stuff then! Birthday.

 

[Dutch]

I love to improvise as well, but I'm nowhere near as good as you, obviously. Often it goes well until I play the wrong bass note... then it sounds terrible.

Most of the time I start with a melody though and try to work bass into it - or I play the bass of a song that I know and incorporate a melody. I've made a few pieces that I play sometimes, but I guess they aren't really improvised pieces anymore if I can remember them.

Anyway, I am deadset going to learn Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits. Going to dedicate all my concentration to this, would really love to be able to play this. Inspired by a fantastic cover on YouTube.

Also, I'm getting a camera in just under two weeks - will be able to record some stuff then! Birthday.

Good one. Looking forward to seeing/hearing some stuff!

 

[blake]

Yep, and if I actually dedicate my time to try to learn this song I should have it done well before those two weeks, so I'll be able to record it straight up.

Almost got the introduction down, but it's quite tricky. I'm not that great so it is taking me a fair while to learn it.

 

[Chewie]

Might video myself playing some stuff. I'm going to be rather rusty I fear.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Thanks Steve,

No, I am an autodidact. I sometimes wish I had learned the techniques involved much younger...I would be a lot further than I am if I had been given lessons as a child.

I didn't start playing the guitar or piano until I was fifteen and have never had a lesson (well a couple of guitar lessons, but when the instructor told me the piece I wanted to play was too difficult I left and went to learn it on my own!)

My strength is improvisation. I can hear a tune and turn it into something very quickly. One of my best "jobs" was in a theater where I made up the music for this improvisation acting competition that was run there on a weekly basis. Loved that!

I know exactly how that feels - I wish I was interested in learning musical instruments when I was a child. Then I had a chance to start guitar around ten years ago, but I couldn't get my head around the most basic of basics - and taking lessons didn't even occur. I mean, I would've been ten years down the line with guitar instead of around half a year.

 

[Chewie]

ok my upload speed is too slow, so I can't be bothered uploading it. Recorded myself playing Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel and Chopin's Nocturne in Eflat Major. The first song I played alright until the end which I screwed up. For the nocturne I was very rusty. Played the wrong chords all the time and screwed up the ending as well. I haven't had lessons for a few years, and haven't really played my piano much this year though so I suppose it was to be expected. I tried playing some of my exam pieces and they went terribly

 

[blake]

My thumb is absolutely killing me, hurt it in sport and can barely even move it... so frustrating, gonna struggle to play piano for a while now.

Have the introduction perfect now for R&J, verses shouldn't be too hard as I already know the main chords.

 

[pcfan123]

Got the 1st page finished (6 more to go)

Love this song so much and its actually really easy.

 

[Dutch]

Is that you actually playing Mark or the song itself. Sorry for the confusion!



My new project!

The great and one and only Winnifred Atwell! Amazing....

YouTube - rhapsody rag- winifred atwell


P.S How do i get the youtube video actually here!?

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Is that you actually playing Mark or the song itself. Sorry for the confusion!



My new project!

The great and one and only Winnifred Atwell! Amazing....

YouTube - rhapsody rag- winifred atwell


P.S How do i get the youtube video actually here!?

Like this:

MasterBlaster76 added 2 Minutes and 52 Seconds later...

You have to add the code after the /watch?v= bit, in this case: cCsv5TBln6w. If you quote my post, it should show exactly how I did it.

It took me a while to figure it out as well, and it doesn't work on all forums.

Edit: It should look something like this:

youtube cCsv5TBln6w youtube - just put the first 'youtube' in [] and the second in [/]. Sorry if that didn't make any sense - I couldn't think of a clearer way to explain. :o

 

[pcfan123]

There are other forums besides PC?

 

[blake]

Thumb's healed alright, back to playing again. Got the introduction perfect now, as well as the first and second verse. Now to learn the chorus.

Romeo and Juliet is definitely the hardest song I've ever learnt though, which probably doesn't say a lot about my ability.

Also, 6 days until birthday and camera.

 

[pcfan123]

1st page of Everyday, still working on making it smoother

 

[Dutch]

Nice Mark! That's coming on really well now!

Are you using sustain? The last part is a bit murky because of the low bass...if you are using sustain there, ease of a little to make it clearer...nice work mate!

 

[pcfan123]

I have a cheap digital piano The sustain is either on or off, there is no easing off