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How many of your are mostly self-taught when it comes to whatever instrument(s) you focus on the most? Did any of you take classes, or were you taught by anyone else?
I never learned a single thing about piano or the keyboard or scales on a piano. Took some time a few weeks ago to familiarize myself with the absolute basics of the keyboard and scale arrangement by watching a video, and it just opened this whole new door to understanding where my fingers can go, how to reference the black keys for knowing where to return to if I'm playing something. It was great and got me actually sitting down easily playing some basic and repetitive ideas that were a bit more complex than what I usually do.
Actually considering taking some lessons soon but with the caveat that I don't want to learn how to read music and don't want to play other people's songs. That just doesn't interest me as a musician. I've only ever known two cover songs in 26 years, I can't tell you the names of a single chord on my guitar. I've always been a "by ear" musician and self-taught aside from some lessons for a few months after I got a guitar in 1992, but the guy just wanted to teach me metal songs and grunge stuff.
Do you think piano teachers would be receptive to just teaching someone technique and exercises and perhaps a little theory rather than how to read music? Is that abnormal? I want to get a lot better at my playing for writing and recording, but wouldn't love to think I can evolve to actually playing entire songs I've written.
- I've been playing music for almost 30 years, but I consider myself a pretty bad musician. I think learning music is highly personal. What works is different...nocomply
- for everyone. I took some lessons long ago, but I was too young to take it seriously. I learned the pentatonic scale. Got a lotta mileage outta that.nocomply
- In this digital age you can learn so much online the way we couldn't when we were young. It's crazy. It's a subject I think about a lot.nocomply
- As an adult, it's been all self-taught. I could probably learn faster with real lessons, but never made it a priority.nocomply
- I've read some music theory 101 type books, but just because it's interesting to me.nocomply
- As to your question, I think someone would absolutely work with you on technique and theory. You just need to find the right fit.nocomply
- As for reading music... I do it on a trumpet, but not on any other instruments I (badly) play.nocomply
- Thanks!
I could read music for a trombone in jr. high, but after moving to guitar, forget it.mg33 - Got a bass guitar at 16. Went to a few lessons but bored me so got RHCP BSSM book and learned that off by heart as my "learning to play"microkorg
- thats the only formal learning I've done. I would LOVE to be able to play the piano well. Probably too old now for brain and fingers to learn lol.microkorg
- I tried learning guitar when I was about 10 for a couple of months, it never stuck.. everything else I taught myselfautoflavour
- Depends on the music u want to make..autoflavour