THE PIANO, <--duh duh duh duh Options

[emazing]

I'm not a devoted piano player, but I do play - just not well. <3 Right now my most likeable pieces that I actually enjoy playing are Mariage D'Amour, Moonlight Sonata, Sonate, and Village Dance. It's almost been 4 years now, and I still haven't got the basics yet.

[*nightmare4taki*]

I used to play. I stopped two years ago, when I finished high school. My favorite composers are Erik Satie (I love his Gymnopedie series and "Je Te Veux"), Sergi Rachmaninov, and Chopin (Fantasie Impromptu, anyone?).
I just saw that "Fantasie Impromptu" is one of your favorite songs. I loooooooovvvveeeeee this song. This kid who was in a piano class in my high school was some sort of prodigy because he had only been playing piano for a year and could play the hell out of that song.

Yeah that has to be one of the most inspiring classical pieces I've ever come across. I love how it has its melodic points and then at certain parts it climaxes. I also like how you're under the impression that more notes are being played than in reality. I read up on it in some piano book and it said it was called the Moire Pattern or something like that.

I also forgot you add Nobuo Uematsu as one of my favorite composers. He is truly one of the greatest composers this era has ever seen.

I need tips from some of you piano players out there. When playing scales such as the one in Nobuo Uematsu's Find your Way from Final Fantasy 8 while going up the scale do you guys carry the thumb under(TU) the hand or treat it as every other finger and instead use the thumb over(TO) technique? Just curious because when I recored myself playing it, while using TO i can go pretty fast but when the thumb gets ready to play the next note I notice a small delay where as if I go Thumb under there isn't any delay but I can't accelerate as fast as I did using TO. I apologize if you can't understand the words that are coming out of my mouth.

[meleonade]

i HATE piano with a passion. im just so out of it when i play now cuz its not an interest to me anymore. its so feaking boring..or maybe cuz i just suck at it. i practice like only once a week and im in grade 10...my teacher is kinda getting pissed at me though cuz she knows im not trying hard enough but i cant help it cuz i have so much schoolwork and other things to do...my parents said i can quit only after finishing grade 10 so by the looks of it, its gonna take a while for me...

[*chaneun*]

Whats happening? W'zup? Don't you just love the piano? Its my favorite instrument, its IMO more dynamic than those other instruments .
Anyway what are some of your favorite piano musicians and piano songs?

Favorite Pianist - Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx, Ray Charles, Chopin, Herbie Hancock
Favorite Songs- Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin , The Night Winds by Charles Tomlinson Griffes
If you play the piano lets turn this into a dicussion. Cheaaaaaaaaa.

HAHAHAHAHHAHA, KC.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA.

loser. you like her for her music, but mostly for her looks. xD

[xoxoxx]

i like jay chou.

tong hua is a good song.

[-lana]

I play piano. I'm getting bored of it though. I'm practicing for my exam for Grade 8, which is in about 2 months?! :|||||||| gosh, i don't think i'm ready, at all. Anyways, after that, I want to quit before I get into highschool.

[WHOngos144]

I need tips from some of you piano players out there. When playing scales such as the one in Nobuo Uematsu's Find your Way from Final Fantasy 8 while going up the scale do you guys carry the thumb under(TU) the hand or treat it as every other finger and instead use the thumb over(TO) technique? Just curious because when I recored myself playing it, while using TO i can go pretty fast but when the thumb gets ready to play the next note I notice a small delay where as if I go Thumb under there isn't any delay but I can't accelerate as fast as I did using TO. I apologize if you can't understand the words that are coming out of my mouth.

When I do my scales, I always do "thumb under". It just messes me up and slows me down when I do "thumb over". I don't really know anyone that does "thumb over". Try doing it the thumb under way.

[*nightmare4taki*]

^ Thx for the advice, I started using Thumb Over after I found this book about proper piano practice at this site.

http://members.aol.com/chang8828/contents.htm

Im going to try using thumb over and see how far I can go with that.

HAHAHAHAHHAHA, KC.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA.

loser. you like her for her music, but mostly for her looks. xD

But she looks so good playing the piano.

[torey]

The piano is my passion. I can only hope to learn to play well one day.

[Mr. Slowjamz]

bottom line :

Piano > Guitar

im also in love with alot Satie`s Msuci and Tchaikovsky .....i`ve been actually practicing alot with chords and classical techniques lately .....reading has gotten a little better ....but not better as chords ....especially with Jazz Music, you just could do so much more in piano rather then guitar . Guitars are just soooo overated

[gojira]

yann tiersen

[magicfann]

Impromptu #2 - Schubert

gg

[berry_lickable]

uhm okay so im a novice on the piano. i just started playing about 5 months ago, so ya'll got any tips? any beginner songs that you could recommend to me?

[sadolakced acid]

i like kabalebsky.

go russian dudes!


thumb over is terrible. you lose your reference. when you've got a one hand run, go for it.

if you've got complex runs in both hands, i'd like to see those done thumb under.

[sexthybeans]

yuup! i especially love when great singers sing with piano! (like So Long on Dashboard Confessional's new album!)
i've been playing piano since before kindergarten.... which is a LONG time.
and i've always been eager to try new instruments, but i always went back to the piano.

[Untrue Paradox]

wow i played fantasie impromptu too for my lvl 10 exam...
its a beautiful song...

[Tribal J_Rome]

Don't know how to play, but I wish I could.

I like me some Yann Teirsen, Yiruma, Danny Elfman[the ones from A Corpse Bride], a little Mozart, piano song by Joe Hisaishi from Spirited Away, some Final Fantasy piano songs[never knew the names of the artists]

I need to expand in my library of piano music.

[Gigi]

^ Thx for the advice, I started using Thumb Over after I found this book about proper piano practice at this site.

http://members.aol.com/chang8828/contents.htm

Im going to try using thumb over and see how far I can go with that.

What is the thumb-over technique, anyway? Like, when playing scales, you move the thumb over the other fingers? If that's what I'm thinking of, then you must play your scales really slowly, and have huge delays between notes...thumb over simply isn't done if you want to play a fast legato.

I'm learning Fantasie Impromptu right now and it's not working out for me. =(

[sadolakced acid]

thumb over- you lift your hand, slide it over, then play the next note.

stupid, really.

[xmkaex]

I play the piano.
And all of the songs you listed above too.
I really like Aicia Key's piano music. It sounds so good. I actually like Vanessa Carlton the best. Her music is so insperational.

What level are you?
I'm level 6.

there's a level??!?!?!!?!?

....

i play the piano for sometime now, but i still suck. xD

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alicia key's and jamie fox are great piano player/singer

[gr00vyswordsman]

i think one reason some get bored with keyboard is cuz they dont know rhythmic patters....which allow you to play by ear.

[YourSuperior]

I LOVE THE PIANO!
I love it with a fire burning passion. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have a piano. I love playing technical stuff. I love Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin, and I love all of Chopin's Etudes. I can play his nocturnes too, along with Beethoven/Mozart Sonatas. I recently got a book for my birthday that was complete with Chopin's Preludes and Etudes. I also like Rachmaninoff's Etudes and his famous Prelude in G Minor, along with Prelude in C Sharp Minor. Liszt also fascinates me. I love his Funèrailles which is almost 10 minutes long! His Mephisto Waltz #1, and La Campanella also fascinates me. I love most classical piano composer. I like to play pieces like Prokofiev's Toccatta which sounds so demonic. I love demonic sounding pieces, especially Prokofiev's Demonic Etude #'s 1-5. I aspire to be a concert pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, or Valentina Lisitsa. I like the way they play and get so many emotions from playing with their virtuosity.

[laxumaster8]

i play piano...but classical music [cause my mom makes me]

[Chicago]

i don't like play it or take lessons or anything,
but my friends have taught me how to do stuff
i think its fun! haha i can play ode to joy
and this thing when you roll your hand over the keys
and do this thing.. it sounds pretty cool!

[LennonLime]

I love piano. I could never play it, but I love it when people play it well! I'm a wind intrument player, both Jazz and classical Clarinet, and various saxophones.