Piano lessons?

[Cj_leonine]

anyone up for piano lessons on the internets? I'm re-learning piano. So yea. Also going to save up for one so I can actually play one sometime.

ps. the gay site im on is here

http://www.gopiano.com/

[Reach]

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Piano online?

Get private lessons. Learn a lot faster.

Too bad it's pretty expensive.

[msbrunnettemickey]

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I got private piano lessons for three years (since i was six) and then gave up.

I forgot a lot of the notes ='(

[XRitaX]

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Private lessons are always better.
I don't know how your school works, but if you know a little of the basics in piano you can always join the band, or see if the chorus/band teacher can give you lessons. If not (if available) school sometimes have piano lessons as a class (atleast in my school). If you don't want to pay for lessons, then look around your school when you start again, see what can be done.
Good luck.

[ubercreep361]

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i learn privately and im sort of a ear pianist, i listened to neomax and abtrusity and now can play it on piano. Oh yea neomax needs 2 people to play for those wondering.

[FishFishRevolution]

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My mom teaches piano if any of you guys want to learn.

[sleeplessdragn]

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I never quite understood the purpose of piano lessons per say. The only thing I took away from piano lessons was the ability to read music. Other than that, I always assumed that figuring out how to hit those notes on the page could be a self-learned experience.

[T0rajir0u]

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Other than that, I always assumed that figuring out how to hit those notes on the page could be a self-learned experience.

A good piano teacher has a lot of experience, and can tell you immediately what you're doing wrong as far as tempo, dynamics, etc. He/she can also teach you a lot about techniques and exercises (scales, for example) to improve the speed of your fingers and the accuracy of your notes. In theory, you could learn all of that yourself, but there's already so much out there you could learn from other people. It would be like figuring out all of high school math yourself and not taking classes. I'm not saying you couldn't do it, but it isn't for everybody, and for most it's faster and more beneficial to take the classes.

I realize that the guitar, for example, has thrived as primarily a self-taught instrument, but on the other hand, you see far more piano virtuosi than guitar virtuosi. That's because those pianists all had very good teachers who could pass their accumulated knowledge on.

I also appreciate my piano tacher for referring me to brilliant composers I wouldn't have otherwise wanted to investigate. He forces me to change stylistic periods every once in awhile, so I've been exposed to more interesting stuff than the regular boring Mozart and Beethoven.