Any pianists around here?

The Artful Dodger · Post by **The Artful Dodger** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:56 pm

I can play Flight of the Bumblebee on the clarinet! well, sort of. It's really hard. Too many fingers moving way too fast

-Dodge

Mel · Post by **Mel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:05 am

I've been playing piano for six years. I really enjoy it. Some of my favorite music to play is some of the songs from the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. (That sentence doesn't sound right for some reason

) I like playing music from other movies as well, but at the moment the only 'movie music' we have besides LotR is 'He's a Pirate' from PotC. Plus I like classical.

The Artful Dodger · Post by **The Artful Dodger** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:18 pm

Mel wrote:I've been playing piano for six years. I really enjoy it. Some of my favorite music to play is some of the songs from the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. (That sentence doesn't sound right for some reason ) I like playing music from other movies as well, but at the moment the only 'movie music' we have besides LotR is 'He's a Pirate' from PotC. Plus I like classical.

I play those exact songs $\:D/$

-Dodge

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:16 pm

I have been playing for like 7 years
I can play part of fur elise and all of cannon (not cannon in d)

Crazy 4 Pugs · Post by **Crazy 4 Pugs** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:02 pm

I have played piano for a little over 6.5 years. For the first five years, I had a teacher who I didn't feel was real competent. You know, she had me read sheet music, but she didn't teach certain things foundational to good musicianship (example: hearing the beat of a song, ear training, chord structure). Last year, I started taking lessons from somebody else, who taught me how to play from lead sheets, listen to a song and determine the beat, a lot of stuff way more helpful than exclusively reading sheet music. Anyway, (thanks for letting me vent

) I'm enjoying piano lessons a lot more now!

Abigail · Post by **Abigail** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:44 pm

I play the piano a little bit, but I really want to take lessons so I can be the piano player in our church.

-Sweet Alaska

Agent3xq · Post by **Agent3xq** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:23 pm

I agree with Alaska ^ I'm tryin to get better so I can play and sing at the same time in my uth group.

Mel · Post by **Mel** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:26 pm

Mel wrote:I like playing music from other movies as well, but at the moment the only 'movie music' we have besides LotR is 'He's a Pirate' from PotC. Plus I like classical.

Gah. I wasn't thinking hard enough when I said that. We also have the music book for 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.'

Rio · Post by **Rio** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:10 pm

I have been playing for 8+ years and i am now the only pianist in my church.... i am also teaching my 4 younger siblings. $\:D/$

Pc Pro · Post by **Pc Pro** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:36 am

I can't play prob never will

H Tide · Post by **H Tide** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:31 am

I have been playing the piano for over seven years, and am in Grade 8 for piano right now. I really enjoy expressing my feelings through playing music.

Rio · Post by **Rio** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:55 pm

Pc Pro wrote:I can't play prob never will

Nonsence! anyone can play the piano, some people think they cant play but they just never tryed to played, I say that if you put your mind to it you can do anything!(almost anything, i think....) $\:D/$

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:36 pm

In agreement with Paw/David O, I too love piano.

I've been playing now for close to 16 years, and its been one of the few things I've had the opportunity to stick with for a fairly long duration. Though initially I was forced into taking lessons and then subsequently despised the piano for about 7 years, things started to warm up from there. Today, I don't think I'd know what to do without it - playing is a wonderful stress-reliever and I look forward to it when I return home after particularly long days.

Right now I'm not taking "formal" lessons, so I basically pick out pieces that I hear, find them online (is anyone else here a fan of the Gutenberg Project?) and then practice them. My current selections (at varying intervals) are:

Reverie, by Claude Debussy
Moment Musicaux #4, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etude Op. 8 No. 2, by Alexander Scriabin
Fantasie Impromptu, by Fredrich Chopin
Tempest, by Ludwig van Beethoven

Pc Pro · Post by **Pc Pro** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:29 pm

RioRenae wrote:
Pc Pro wrote:I can't play prob never will
Nonsence! anyone can play the piano, some people think they cant play but they just never tryed to played, I say that if you put your mind to it you can do anything!(almost anything, i think....) $\:D/$

yes I know but I was talking about me even trying

Fourmoons · Post by **Fourmoons** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:12 pm

I love to play the piano! For the first little while I didn't overly like it, but now that I can play more complicated pieces, I love doing it.
Classical and movie music are my preferred things to play.

Ruthie · Post by **Ruthie** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:20 pm

I play piano!

I've played for..uh--maybe around 4-5 years.

I love to play movie music too!

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:27 pm

I have been playing piano for about 7 years, but I have been taking lessons for three.

I love to play the piano! I play to relieve stress most of the time. I can play Phantom of the Opera's "Think of Me"

actinglove299 · Post by **actinglove299** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:44 pm

I really love playing the piano. I have been taking lessons for about 2 -3 years and my favorite piece is Turkish March (Rondo Alla Turka?) by Mozart. The classical stuff is the best but i enjoy playing some jazz too.

Lulu the Paw · Post by **Lulu the Paw** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:03 pm

I've played the piano for 8 years now. I changed teachers last year, which was pretty tough for a while. Right now, I'm playing a Chopin Prelude that is absoulutely gorgeous! It's also the only piece I've ever seen that's in 2/8 time...pretty wierd.

Chris Rice's Living Room Sessions, a book of hymn arrangements, is a really fun book to play around with, for anyone who would like to know.

Jessicado · Post by **Jessicado** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:30 pm

I took piano lessons for a few years in high school and loved it, and continued to play when I went to college at the piano in our lounge...but then when I moved out of the dorms and no longer had access to a piano...I quit. About a month ago I bought a piano and have been playing every day trying to remember everything I have forgotten. I'm getting a little better--but it is very slow progress.....

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