Playing Musical Instruments anyone ?

[Left he/him]

Piano, eight years.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

Piano, eight years.

Yay another piano player!!

Been doing piano for nearly 11 years now. Do you do grades and exams for piano? And are you a classical or modern pianist?

[Left he/him]

Yay another piano player!!

Been doing piano for nearly 11 years now. Do you do grades and exams for piano? And are you a classical or modern pianist?

Um, hm. Well I had a private piano teacher and she just gave me assignments and then checked me off when I fulfilled them to her liking. My study of piano theory is about as horrendous as it gets. Meaning that I have basically no knowledge of technical terms and ideas. I play well, in fact I'm a pianist at my church, but I haven't the faintest idea about what the in-depth stuff means.

I'm guessing I'm more of a classical pianist, but could I have a definition of the two please?

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

Um, hm. Well I had a private piano teacher and she just gave me assignments and then checked me off when I fulfilled them to her liking. My study of piano theory is about as horrendous as it gets. Meaning that I have basically no knowledge of technical terms and ideas. I play well, in fact I'm a pianist at my church, but I haven't the faintest idea about what the in-depth stuff means.

I'm guessing I'm more of a classical pianist, but could I have a definition of the two please?

Classical is when you play like Mozart and bethoven and those classical composers

Modern is when you play current songs like Frozen or Defying Gravity or songs like that on the piano.

Im mostly classical but I'm a bit of a modern pianist too.

Do you have a favourite composer?

[traceria she/her]

I always enjoy playing classical (and the other eras around it) way more than modern stuff.  Though, Romantic composers can kick my butt these days now that I'm out of practice.  I can still rock out a Bach Invention if I take a day or two to blow the dust away, even if it isn't completely up to snuff or tempo.

 

This won't hold me back from playing Beatles songs or occasionally some Lord of the Rings music.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I always enjoy playing classical (and the other eras around it) way more than modern stuff. Though, Romantic composers can kick my butt these days now that I'm out of practice. I can still rock out a Bach Invention if I take a day or two to blow the dust away, even if it isn't completely up to snuff or tempo.

This won't hold me back from playing Beatles songs or occasionally some Lord of the Rings music.

I love playing Mozart or Kabelevsky. I can play a lot of frozen songs too but weirdly I find it easier to play classical then modern.

[Left he/him]

I'm more of a classical player, but I do play plenty of modern stuff to. Mostly video game and anime sheet music, some LoTR, some buble, anything else I feel like and have the sheets for.

[traceria she/her]

Is it really horrible that I have yet to see Frozen?  A friend brought the DVD over to our house for the wives to watch (me and another girl) one Friday night, but we all ended up playing a game instead, and he never brought the DVD back over.  :\

 

Oh, how awesome would Final Fantasy or soundtrack music from Miyasaki be?  Do you have any of that Leftinch?

 

(I guess I've technically been playing piano for 27 years.  Wow.  Started when I was six.)

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

Is it really horrible that I have yet to see Frozen? A friend brought the DVD over to our house for the wives to watch (me and another girl) one Friday night, but we all ended up playing a game instead, and he never brought the DVD back over. :\

Oh, how awesome would Final Fantasy or soundtrack music from Miyasaki be? Do you have any of that Leftinch?

(I guess I've technically been playing piano for 27 years. Wow. Started when I was six.)

You should see frozen. It's amazing. I've seen it 17 times. (Yes. Really.)

Did you do any grades for piano or piano for

Leisure?

[traceria she/her]

You should see frozen. It's amazing. I've seen it 17 times. (Yes. Really.)

Did you do any grades for piano or piano for

Leisure?

 

I'm going to text to ask the guy to bring over the movie again tonight!  No more excuses.

 

I didn't go through any program/lessons that required grading and such, but I took lessons from age 6 up through my senior year of college.  I almost was a music major with piano as my focus but ended up doing mathematics instead.  Go figure!  The lessons in college were because I wanted some way to keep up with it.  After college I just played for leisure with the occasional covering for the church pianist or doing songs at a local coffee house.

 

How about you?

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I'm going to text to ask the guy to bring over the movie again tonight! No more excuses.

I didn't go through any program/lessons that required grading and such, but I took lessons from age 6 up through my senior year of college. I almost was a music major with piano as my focus but ended up doing mathematics instead. Go figure! The lessons in college were because I wanted some way to keep up with it. After college I just played for leisure with the occasional covering for the church pianist or doing songs at a local coffee house.

How about you?

I'm currently in grade 5 piano and about to go in to sixth grade piano on the 12th of August when the exam is.

I love playing classical and modern. Mostly classic though. My favourite composers are Mozart and Kavelevsky.

Do you have a favourite composer?

Enjoy frozen! Tell me what you think of the movie

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

Just finished grade five piano . Anyone else doing piano or any other instrument exams at the moment?

[traceria she/her]

I'm currently in grade 5 piano and about to go in to sixth grade piano on the 12th of August when the exam is.

I love playing classical and modern. Mostly classic though. My favourite composers are Mozart and Kavelevsky.

Do you have a favourite composer?

Enjoy frozen! Tell me what you think of the movie

I also really like Mozart, though I enjoy playing Bach a lot, too.  Mozart just has this...flare...about his music.

 

Still haven't watched it, but we finally got him to lend the DVD to us last night!  So, hopefully this week!

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I also really like Mozart, though I enjoy playing Bach a lot, too. Mozart just has this...flare...about his music.

Still haven't watched it, but we finally got him to lend the DVD to us last night! So, hopefully this week!

Mozart is awesome!

I watched Frozen for the 18th time last night hahaha

Have you seen any spoilers for it?

Edited August 12, 2014 by Queen Elsa Steelheart

[Bunnyburn he/him]

No brass love

I play the trumpet and sing (mostly classical and musical theater). I generally don't do both at the same time ; )

I'm a trumpet player myself, at least I was for 8 years of school. Since graduating I haven't played. That was 4 years ago

I have played guitar for six years, and I loveto sing, although my deep bass isn't suited to the rock musicI like to play. I can nearly sing in the tenor range, but not with enough control to consider myself a multi-octave vocalist (I swear there is a term for that.) I sang bass in a jazz choir for a couple years, and that was a blast. Now I am more casual with my music, but it is still a great passion of mine.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I'm a trumpet player myself, at least I was for 8 years of school. Since graduating I haven't played. That was 4 years ago

I have played guitar for six years, and I loveto sing, although my deep bass isn't suited to the rock musicI like to play. I can nearly sing in the tenor range, but not with enough control to consider myself a multi-octave vocalist (I swear there is a term for that.) I sang bass in a jazz choir for a couple years, and that was a blast. Now I am more casual with my music, but it is still a great passion of mine.

Did you play electric or acoustic guitar?

[Bunnyburn he/him]

Depends on my mood. I've played them both from the start, and I like each equally.

[chirokay he/him]

I'm a drummer and have been playing for over 10 years. Love it. It's therapeutic. Me and a buddy come up with stuff. We have a few riffs we play that if worked on would be amazing for recording. Been learning the guitar and have always wanted to learn to play the piano.

[wayofradiance19]

I've been playing piano for about 12 years, haven't taken lessons in several years so my skill level hasn't really progressed. I also play saxophone and flute.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I've been playing piano for about 12 years, haven't taken lessons in several years so my skill level hasn't really progressed. I also play saxophone and flute.

Have you done any piano grades? I've been playing for almost the same time

[Surgebound Rainspren he/him]

I play Tenor Saxophone and Flute. I am also about to start learning Alto Sax!

[BreathTaker he/him]

I'm a trumpet player myself, at least I was for 8 years of school. Since graduating I haven't played. That was 4 years ago

I have played guitar for six years, and I loveto sing, although my deep bass isn't suited to the rock musicI like to play. I can nearly sing in the tenor range, but not with enough control to consider myself a multi-octave vocalist (I swear there is a term for that.) I sang bass in a jazz choir for a couple years, and that was a blast. Now I am more casual with my music, but it is still a great passion of mine.

 

I'm a low brass player... all of them. As well as several other instruments that I just dabble with.

Edited November 8, 2014 by BreathTaker

[Young Bard he/him]

I play the bassoon. Before everyone can ask 'What's that?', a bassoon is similar to an oboe, except much larger. So much larger, in fact, that the piping doubles back on itself and goes back up to the top of the instrument. If you're still confused, there are pictures on Google Images.

I am about Grade 4 AMEB (Australian Music Examination Board), and I don't know what the US equivalent. I prefer classical, and some of my favorite composers include Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and John Williams (spot the odd one out, everybody), I also tinker in composing myself.

Edited November 18, 2014 by TheYoungBard

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I play the bassoon. Before everyone can ask 'What's that?', a bassoon is similar to an oboe, except much larger. So much larger, in fact, that the piping doubles back on itself and goes back up to the top of the instrument. If you're still confused, there are pictures on Google Images.

I am about Grade 4 AMEB (Australian Music Examination Board), and I don't know what the US equivalent. I prefer classical, and some of my favorite composers include Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and John Williams (spot the odd one out, everybody), I also tinker in composing myself.

Tchaikovsky is awesome.

[gjustice99 she/her]

I play clarinet and just started playing bass clarinet this year and I absolutely love it! I've been playing the clarinet for 5 years now and I still enjoy it. I am in the marching band as well as my school's top band.