Piano Player's Guild

[Experience he/him]

2 hours ago, revelryintheart said:

I bet your family doesn't

That made me laugh.

[revelryintheart she/her]

4 minutes ago, Experience said:

That made me laugh.

Glad I could give you that EXPERIENCE HAHAHSAHSDASGH.

I'm here all night folks.

[I Am A Fish he/him]

8 hours ago, revelryintheart said:

I'm here all night folks.

*Grumbles under breath*

I've played the piano for about five years. Am I any good? Debatable. 

[Koloss17 She/They]

16 hours ago, revelryintheart said:

13th note???

Oh so there’s a possibility that you can get 13 notes. You could have a 14th if a note or put all the notes into 13 tet instead of 12 tet, which is really weird, but there are songs made in it that people have created. 12tone on YouTube has a great explaination.

[Shard of Reading he/him]

Weird fact: Germany used to have a H chord. (I think it was G#)

I don't remember where I learned that so don't ask me to cite the source. (Might have been my band teacher)

[Condensation she/her]

No, my family isn't big on classical music, they don't play it nearly as much as I do.

[Going_North_cal]

I play piano but I abbsoluteely hate it

[Condensation she/her]

That's sad, but it can be useful.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Noooooo! I am new to piano, but it is amazing! I love it. It is so fun!

[Eluvianii he/him]

Probably a common thing but I feel the need to ask. Have you noticed how when you're only messing around, maybe playing short, simple songs, you can do it for ages, but if you play a longer song, one you find difficult, at the end you're really tired? It's a strangely amazing feeling. 

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Yes! You can literally mess around for hours but when you do a long song you are suddenly drained? Anyone else?

[Koloss17 She/They]

2 hours ago, Bearer of all agonies said:

Yes! You can literally mess around for hours but when you do a long song you are suddenly drained? Anyone else?

It’s your brain going “I don’t wanna. Do the fiddle fingers. Not the other thing” and it’s hard to resist when you really need to practice.

[Eluvianii he/him]

I see it as doing something that requires actual effort vs something that doesn't. You're so focused in so many things at once when you play something difficult. I've always been somewhat skeptical about the idea of mental effort tiring you physically, but with this I'm willing to believe it. 

[Ironwill2112 he/him]

On 9/3/2020 at 6:35 AM, Bearer of all agonies said:

Yes, I have also been wanting to do piano for a while now, and I just got my keyboard, and I will start lessons in a few weeks. Are you doing lessons anytime soon? @McWafy

No. High school is pretty overwhelming. but I am trying to. 

[Condensation she/her]

13 hours ago, Bearer of all agonies said:

Yes! You can literally mess around for hours but when you do a long song you are suddenly drained? Anyone else?

Me! I know that feeling! It's like a mix of exhaustion and accomplishment.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Yeah! Sometimes things just happen this way. . . It’s cool though. 

[Condensation she/her]

Like when you finally play that one song you've been working on forever right, and you're just so drained, but you also want to do it again.

[+Doomstick he/him]

who plays piano

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when you can play

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pianissimo

 

 

 

 

[Koloss17 She/They]

On 9/21/2020 at 8:34 PM, Doomstick said:

who plays piano

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pianissimo

 

 

 

 

You little...here’s your reputation. >: (

[Eluvianii he/him]

Rise from the ashes so I can vent. I was practicing a song after months of procrastination. First lap goes alright, full of mistakes but I slowly get used to this again. Second lap though, I get through the intro when suddenly I forget what goes next. Each subsequent try I get less notes right before my fingers literally don't know what to do.

I figured people here know what this is like. It's so storming frustrating. 

[Experience he/him]

13 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

Rise from the ashes so I can vent. I was practicing a song after months of procrastination. First lap goes alright, full of mistakes but I slowly get used to this again. Second lap though, I get through the intro when suddenly I forget what goes next. Each subsequent try I get less notes right before my fingers literally don't know what to do.

I figured people here know what this is like. It's so storming frustrating. 

Yes, this is very annoying. I took a break from a pretty complicated piece over the summer and now when I am practicing it I only seem to know it by muscle memory. One second it sounds good and then I totally forget what's next and I have to start at a previous part because the only way I know it is through muscle memory.

[AonDoor he/him]

I learned how to play about ten years ago, but I don't play very often, so I'm not very good.

[Edgedancer74 he/him]

I've been playing for 4 years. Right now I'm learning rush e, it is so fun

[Cash67]

WAIT THIS IS A THING?!

Anyway I took lessons for about a decade and I’ve been working on playing by ear in my own time since college started…. So I’d say about 13 years of experience? Give or take a year? Wouldn’t trade this skill for the world. 

[Ranryu she/her]

What what a piano club? We need to revive this!

uhhhh... @Shining Silhouette, who else plays piano?