New Piano Day

TimmyO

Well ok, "ordered a new digital piano for delivery tomorrow day"

It's ostensibly for the eldest lad (10) who has been having some lessons and enjoying it, but I am going to have a dabble myself.

Who here plays? 

stickyfiddle

A little. Had lessons right through school and was pretty decent by 16 or so, but then I got a guitar, and then another guitar and another....

I have a Yamaha P85 in the spare room and still have the muscle-memory-bit fairly good but the brain part slows me down significantly. I honestly haven't played it in a year.

TimmyO

Cool.

Yes I went for a Yamaha - P115 on the way 

stickyfiddle

Nice. I don't think that even existed when I got mine

Sporky

Lady BMcH plays - she has a Casio thingy at the mo which is surprisingly decent, but the plan is to upgrade that to one of the posh Roland modelling jobbies.

Phil_aka_Pip

I keep an upright and a Rhodes MkI 73 key stage piano. Never had a lesson in my life and my mum says I use all the wrong fingers but I can get a tune out of them, and have written more songs at the piano than with a guitar

TimmyO

Rhodes - nice!

TimmyO

Sporky;1012764" said:

Lady BMcH plays - she has a Casio thingy at the mo which is surprisingly decent, but the plan is to upgrade that to one of the posh Roland modelling jobbies.

Yes I nearly got a Casio - was recommended one of the Privia models as well as the Yamaha

Has anyone here learned as an adult? Lessons? Books? Apps?

Sporky

Yup - Lady BMcH did, mostly from books with the odd YT video I think. I can certainly enquire.

TimmyO

Thanks Andi

thecolourbox

I'm much more of a piano player than a guitarist, mine is a Yamaha but an acoustic, always had a real one so have never even looked at a digital to know anything about them.

Whether it's simply because I'm better at piano than guar I don't know bit I think you learn a lot more actual musicianship from playing piano than guitar. Also guitar solos tend to be a lot easier to play on piano than guitar

I would love a Rhodes

Sporky

Lady BMcH has recommended the kiddy (ie not adult or accelerated) Piano Adventures. series. Very enthusiastically. Includes sight reading, theory and repertoire. If Mrs O can read music at all then you can skip the primers and start at level 1.

Performance book

Lesson book

Technique and artistry book

Sightreading book

She also strongly recommends ignoring Allan Chan's youtube stuff. The Piano Adventures website is apparently very good too, links in with the books.

fretmeister

A bit. I did 5 years of lessons from about 7 years old. Forgotten most, but I like to dabble. If I had the room I'd love to get an old upright.

TimmyO

Sporky said:

Lady BMcH has recommended the kiddy (ie not adult or accelerated) Piano Adventures. series. Very enthusiastically. Includes sight reading, theory and repertoire. If Mrs O can read music at all then you can skip the primers and start at level 1.

Performance book

Lesson book

Technique and artistry book

Sightreading book

She also strongly recommends ignoring Allan Chan's youtube stuff. The Piano Adventures website is apparently very good too, links in with the books.

Thanks :-)

It's for me not Mrs O - she can already play, and Cal has his lessons - I'll probably not keep it up but would like to have a go...

Sporky

Ah! Sorry, yes, got myself confused there.

From a listening point of view they're packed full of decent tunes.

ArchtopDave

I feel a bit guilty. I've got a Baby Grand in my sitting room. My daughter was at one time learning, and I acquired it from someone who couldn't fit it in the smaller property that they were moving to. Had it reconditioned and restrung a few years ago -  cost an arm and a leg.

TimmyO

Nice.

No volume control on it though I'm guessing? :-)

I can hear Cal on his now - thankfully at moderate volume - he's been faffing around practicing and just making things up for about 2 hours. A good purchase so far. 

jackio

I'd love a Rhodes. However, I have the Chapel piano my grandparents bought in the 1930s. Cost more than their house in Grimsby, so I'm told. We all learnt on it as kids, did all the grades, now I hack Queen and Lord Elton of John on it. And some music too

Baby grand, yes please.

rolls1392

Just got a Yamaha and learning from YT. Good fun!

TimmyO

rolls1392 said:

Just got a Yamaha and learning from YT. Good fun!

any channel in particular? 

StanleyAccrington

I would love it if I could walk into a music/piano shop, sit on a piano stool and play the intro to Griegs piano concerto (the one played by Andrew Preview on the Morcambe and Wise sketch). Then just walk out!!