Piano Forum
Piano Board => Student's Corner => Topic started by: ant2006 on December 30, 2006, 11:41:46 PM
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Hi all, Just wanted to ask a ppls opinion about learning piano as i know a lot of ppl on here will have some good experience.
I started learning to play keyboard about 2 months ago, since then we have bought a digital piano and i started to learn to read music and listen to a lot of classical pieces which i enjoy.
I have managed to get to the point with moonlight sonata mvt1 where i can play it through till the end and im fairly comfortable with the hand movements after a few weeks practice (starting to learn to use the pedal effectively bit by bit also).
Is this a fairly easy piece to play in general?
Also i like to listen to chopin a lot and was wondering if anyone could recommend anything you think i could manage? (with practice).
I have been learning some scales also, mostly major and goin to start with arpeggios, not too many at once my brain will melt
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Chopin's Preludes No. 4, 7, and 20 are pretty easy.
Welcome to the forum!
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hi,
thanks i just had a listen to those, i like 4 and 7 mostly so ill give those a go :)
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I have managed to get to the point with moonlight sonata mvt1 where i can play it through till the end and im fairly comfortable with the hand movements after a few weeks practice (starting to learn to use the pedal effectively bit by bit also).
Is this a fairly easy piece to play in general?
I don't think it is easy at all
Technically yes it is easy, there are no major difficulties.
But to get the dynamics and expression right and to be patient enough to play the thing without rushing is really hard...
In other words, it's easy to play it but hard to make it sound good
Good luck on your playing
The major piece of general advice I keep giving on this forum is to get a teacher if you don't have one, self-learning is not only hard but also harmful after a while. From personal experience... lol
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Thanks,
I know what you mean by easy technically but hard to make sound good, its all too easy to hold the pedal down the whole time but i learnt it without the pedal so im adding that in slowly. It will probably be a long time before i can play it REALLY well but until then il enjoy playing it.
I have thought about getting a teacher, even if its just to correct any basic errors i might be making in my piano playing...i will definately bear it in mind.
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The importance of having a teacher is that any error you make that doesn't get immediately adressed will become extremely hard to correct after it gets into your fingers.
You teacher can help you spot these mistakes and correct them before they become problems. He can also guide your study and teach you what he feels is important to notice and work on in any given piece from his experience.
I have loads of bad habits I'm still struggling to correct after a few years, it's a hard battle...
Correcting a wrongly played piece is considerably harder than learning it right from the start