Piano Lessons

[Flying Pig]

To add to my incredibly long list of great things that I can do badly, I am considering taking piano lessons. I can see the money that David Gray and (gods knows why) Elton John make and want a slice. If I start now I could be on a world tour by July.

 

Has anybody taken piano lessons and did they pack it in after a while? Or can anyone recommend a decent teacher preferably in North Wales?

 

Imagine how much more Melons would fancy me if I was great on the ivories.

 

Thanks in advance homos.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Bump.

 

I want to get an old keyboard and learn piano. I listen to classical piano while coding/studying and find some of it absolutely captivating. Any tips?

 

[Mook]

You can learn a lot of stuff on Youtube, I lived in a house with a baby grand piano a few years back & learned the outro to The Hulk as well as a couple of easy jazz things I liked.

 

I think lessons would definitely help but Youtube is free so I would have a go at that first & see how you get on before getting more serious about it.

 

I'd love to be able to play the piano.

[Captain Turdseye]

PM me and I'll tell you how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Three Blind Mice.

[stringvest]

you need lessons mate, but if you have basic music theory before you start, that will definitely help.  Also, practise scales - piano, like guitar, has an element of 'muscle memory' about it.  

[KMD7]

I'd love to as well.  Took a few lessons years back but to be honest found it really difficult due to having no talent whastoever and shovel like hands. 

[stringvest]

Imagine how much more Melons would fancy me if I was great on the ovaries.

 

I'm not sure she would.  But it's worth a shout.

[bigbak]

Guitars get the chicks.

[Mook]

Guitars get the chicks.

 

Having played in bands for years I wouldn't say that's necessarily true, the best looking cunt in the band* usually got the birds regardless of what instrument he played.

 

*This was never me by the way

[Total Longo]

You can learn a lot of stuff on Youtube, I lived in a house with a baby grand piano a few years back & learned the outro to The Hulk as well as a couple of easy jazz things I liked.

 

I think lessons would definitely help but Youtube is free so I would have a go at that first & see how you get on before getting more serious about it.

 

I'd love to be able to play the piano.

 

 

Mate, that is literally all you need. 

 

[Stickman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNYUJIW4sw

[Bjornebye]

Bump.

 

I want to get an old keyboard and learn piano. I listen to classical piano while coding/studying and find some of it absolutely captivating. Any tips?

 

 

 

Bloody beautiful that mate 

 

Good luck. I badly wish I could play an instrument. Got bought a guitar for xmas a good 8/9 years ago and I just gave up after a few goes. Should really have taken lessons. Might look into it again because it's fucking cool to be able to play an instrument. 

[Chairman Meow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNGlaiVypU

[General Dryness]

Having played in bands for years I wouldn't say that's necessarily true, the best looking cunt in the band* usually got the birds regardless of what instrument he played.

 

*This was never me by the way

Although you very rarely hear "Yeah gorgeous isn't she. Apparently she's with the banjo player."

[moof]

Guitars get the chicks.

Bigbak knows.

[stringvest]

Years ago, the quiet of a country pub would often be shattered by the invasion of a plethora of bearded and sweaty blokes dressed like cunts who would insist on forming a square and springing about with scarves and sticks and bells while singing he-nonny-no tunelessly.   

 

Bad enough, you may think.  But no, this has largely been replaced by something far, far worse...

 

Swarms of equally badly dressed bearded women and men now land upon unsuspecting hostelries armed not with scarves and sticks and bells, but with music stands, cajons, and that scourge of the musician, the ukulele.   Everyone of them tuned slightly differently, they fire up a rough approximation of some erstwhile popular ditty while squinting hard at some piece of paper perched on their metal music stand.  

 

Stagecraft does not feature large with the ukulele swarm.  What they lack in energy, timing, musicianship, charm, good looks, and star quality, well, they just lack.

 

They're fucking everywhere these days, and they're cunts.  Piano players, even bad ones, are heroes in comparison. 

[Tourt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNYUJIW4sw\b

Brilliant, forgotten how funny he was.

[setreal]

I would love to be a better player than I am. I will be getting a decent e-piano soonish and I hope I can find the time to improve my playing.

 

This is my favorite piece to play, not too difficult, but very rewarding:

 

[Dr Nowt]

Years ago, the quiet of a country pub would often be shattered by the invasion of a plethora of bearded and sweaty blokes dressed like cunts who would insist on forming a square and springing about with scarves and sticks and bells while singing he-nonny-no tunelessly.

 

Bad enough, you may think. But no, this has largely been replaced by something far, far worse...

 

Swarms of equally badly dressed bearded women and men now land upon unsuspecting hostelries armed not with scarves and sticks and bells, but with music stands, cajons, and that scourge of the musician, the ukulele. Everyone of them tuned slightly differently, they fire up a rough approximation of some erstwhile popular ditty while squinting hard at some piece of paper perched on their metal music stand.

 

Stagecraft does not feature large with the ukulele swarm. What they lack in energy, timing, musicianship, charm, good looks, and star quality, well, they just lack.

 

They're fucking everywhere these days, and they're cunts. Piano players, even bad ones, are heroes in comparison.

Haha, spot on that Peter.

[Bjornebye]

[Nasty Lizard]

 

and how to play it

[Jim MM]

Years ago, the quiet of a country pub would often be shattered by the invasion of a plethora of bearded and sweaty blokes dressed like cunts who would insist on forming a square and springing about with scarves and sticks and bells while singing he-nonny-no tunelessly.   

 

Bad enough, you may think.  But no, this has largely been replaced by something far, far worse...

 

Swarms of equally badly dressed bearded women and men now land upon unsuspecting hostelries armed not with scarves and sticks and bells, but with music stands, cajons, and that scourge of the musician, the ukulele.   Everyone of them tuned slightly differently, they fire up a rough approximation of some erstwhile popular ditty while squinting hard at some piece of paper perched on their metal music stand.  

 

Stagecraft does not feature large with the ukulele swarm.  What they lack in energy, timing, musicianship, charm, good looks, and star quality, well, they just lack.

 

They're fucking everywhere these days, and they're cunts. Piano players, even bad ones, are heroes in comparison.

 

Stringy, that is quite possibly the most succinct and eloquent thing I've ever read on here.