Archive for the 'Piano' Category
Learning to play piano has become much easier since the advent of the Internet. Many courses are offered online and some are good and some not so good. The purpose of Frank-Reviews.com is to sort through the available courses for you and highlight what we feel are the best of the best.
As you can see by going to our Play Piano Reviews we have taken the four best courses that we have found and given you reviews of each. Our top choice is below. We encourage you to look at it further.
I can read basic music. I can play tunes on a keyboard (not a piano) with one hand.
Starting from this point, how many hours of lessons would I need to get to a level where I can play children’s songs and perhaps hymns that children sing at schools? I mean playing with both hands, comfortable with chords etc…
As an added complication, also assume I have no access to a piano between lessons…
My daughter practised for an hour a day, and had a one hour lesson every week.
She was grade 8 by the age of 14 – it sounds advanced, but she needed to be that when she became a teacher and they asked her to do the assemblies etc. You need to be pretty good at reading music to play for other people.
Just practise as much as you can and see how far it takes you, but don’t have too high expectations.
Btw, if you don’t have access to a piano it isn’t the end of the world – a keyboard is ok. My daughter teaches a girl who only has a keyboard between lessons, and my son only has a keyboard which he keeps under the bed in his flat as he has no room for a piano!
I am starting to learn salsa on the piano, and im looking for a electric piano i can have in my house. I want good quality for a reasonable price. Im not looking for on stage pianos that cost $1,000 or up. I only like Yamaha pianos.
If you only like Yamaha pianos, I guess you should be looking at Yamaha pianos.
Digital pianos worth having are all going to be upward of $1000.
I need it for the organ/piano part for Icky Thump by the White Stripes.
And if anyone can send me the organ/piano sheet music for Icky Thump that would be a lot better.
piano tabs?
The name of the Star Trek Voyager Season 7 episode is called: Human Error. The episode begins with the character, Seven playing a classical piano piece that is very pretty and sort of dark/mysterious. Please help me by giving the name of the composer and piano piece. Thank you.
Von fremden Ländern und Menschen – Schumann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSmRWkgqNU
I’ve been taking lessons and my teacher suggested that I should buy a piano since I’m gonna really need it later on. What brand of upright piano is best and affordable? What model?
If you can afford it I would get a yamaha. But they can be pricey. Not sure if its still true but it used to be the black ones from japan were the good ones and the brown ones american made not so good (thats how it was 20 years ago anyways)
good luck
I love the piano song Moonlight Sonata. It’s so relaxing. Do you have any other piano suggestions?
yes there are millions here are a few
1.Appaisionata 2nd Mvt
2.Chopin Nocturne in E Minor Op.72. No.1
3.Chopin Grande Valse Brillante Op.18
4.Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto
5.Liszt Leibestraum
I’m looking for a piano piece (preferably classical) that suits my level of piano playing. I’ve been playing for about 3 years. I don’t mind having a challenge. Maple Leaf Rag is what I’m working on right now. Are there any classical piano pieces that suit my level of piano playing?
The Mendelssohn "Song Without Words" would be a good book to invest in. They range from pretty easy to somewhat difficult. They are great pieces to really work on techniques like shaping the melody while keeping the accompaniment quieter, phrasing, fingers, and chordal passages.
Some of them are very beautiful. There are a lot of them, 48 to be exact! Check them out here: http://imslp.org/wiki/Songs_Without_Words_%28complete%29_%28Mendelssohn,_Felix%29
You should be able to find a lot of recordings of these pieces on Youtube as well as the entire collection is pretty standard Romantic repertoire.
Any piece for piano by Mozart or clementi or anyone like that!
Also if you would like, what’s the best modern piece for piano? Doesn’t matter what type just what’s the best!
I base my selection on major concert pianists and their repetoire:
Vlademir [sp?] Horowitz:
– Robert Schumann Kinderszenen – Scenes From Childhood Opus 15
– Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2
For modern piano pieces, I would choose the following French composers:
Gabriel Faure – Barcarolle No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1896)
Francis Poulenc – Improvisation No. 7 in C Major and Novelette No. 1
Good luck!
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