It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
I'm not a piano teacher but I am a music teacher who is learning piano.
What you need to do is be able to harmonise the mayor scale in several keys- let's say C G D A, F Bb Eb Ab to begin (or if that is too much C, G, F.
If you can't do that then learn how to do that.
Learn the major scale with the correct fingerings (google will reveal, or ask me) and learn how to construct the chords in root position, 1st and 2nd inversions in all those keys.
Then figure out how to play common chord progressions (start with I IV V and ii V I) using good voice leading utilising those inversions (minimal movement where possible, don't just block chord your way through it, although practice that too).
That is about 1-3 months of work right there, depending on how much time you put in.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
What's most important is you use the correct fingering from the get go .... I didn't and my technique has suffered over the years because of that.... I've literally had to force myself to forget muscle memory hand positions and do it properly in the correct style ... other wise like me you hit a wall years down the line because of bad technique.
Good luck though Raymond, have to say playing piano is a more enjoyable way to play solo pieces than guitar so well worth putting the effort in
There are 2 problems with piano that I struggle with
1 - Hand independence
2 - So many keys and in a hurry they all look the same and brain shuts down and can't find the right key. At least with a guitar there is only 6 string, with tabs it is much easier in terms of where to put your left hand and what to hit with right hand.
I do love the guitar but I find piano a more beautiful instrument, acoustically.
But i was hoping if I start with a simpler song and work my way up? You heard about Yamaha Flowkey as a learning tool?
Im getting better, and I can "improv" melody's in all keys, and know all my chords (maj, Min, 7th, Augmented, Diminish etc). I can construct chords from theory - that bits much easier on keys than guitar in truth.
A C E A - then C E G C - D F# A D - F A C F etc
Then when you left hand can do that with no problem introduce the melody with the right hand. After a while it becomes 2nd nature
I remember hearing my sisters (who both learned to play piano back in childhood days) both have to learn notes, scales, etc and it was incredibly unmusical.
This course is nothing like that - its really quite enjoyable to follow it and learn.
Looks like it's priced at £175 at the moment (which, tbh, is fair for the scope and quality and is the cost of just a few 1:1 lessons) but Udemy have offers fairly frequently, so if you registered on the site, you'd probably get it for a lot less in the not too distant future. IIRC, I paid something like £20, which is just ridiculous.
Am I looking at the right course?
https://www.udemy.com/course/pianoforall-incredible-new-way-to-learn-piano-keyboard/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_campaign=LongTail_la.EN_cc.UK&utm_content=deal4584&utm_term=_._ag_74409313617_._ad_375954070526_._kw__._de_c_._dm__._pl__._ti_dsa-785573918802_._li_1006790_._pd__._&matchtype=b&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyur0BRDcARIsAEt86IBWEamPOMrD4U0fPlAdM5Vs63lPGgSPQdgcgXvqsDE0NxQYhkOJvTcaAorVEALw_wcB
You really can't go wrong with the version you just got though - £13.99?? - madness!!
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/72424/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXugQkpYgO4
Especially the chord hacks video series, get's you using both hands to play common chords.