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Playing the piano (1 Viewer)

Do you play the piano?

  • Yes, and I still play

    Votes: 95 32.9%
  • I play it, but not often/not well

    Votes: 57 19.7%
  • I used to play but I don't anymore

    Votes: 81 28.0%
  • No, but I wish I could

    Votes: 56 19.4%

  • Total voters
    289

nerdd

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Originally posted by Toodulu
no technical crap for amus? wht do you mean?
and kids, go listen to some rachmaninoff.. you just need to be exposed to good classical music. mozart and chopin are soooooooo overrated mainstream stuff.
you only have to do pieces. no more scales, arpeggios, contrary motion, dominants, diminisheds, cadences, ETC ETC! iow, all the shit is gone.
 

bubz :D

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Originally posted by nerdd
and bubz, don't skip to amus! just do 8th grade. i've contemplated doing it again cause I did it last yr and only got B. lol. I wanted A - i've got As all the time! and i just was REALLY lazy last yr when i did 8th grade. but nah, just finish 8th grade. i still haven't done the theory exam for it so i haven't got my certificate yet! :/

i want to do amus after.. no technical crap anymore!
hey, getting a B in 8th grade is still good!!! :D

aaaah i dunno, it just seems like i've spent forever on eighth grade... and i've only learnt like two & a half pieces out of the four i'm meant to have -____-;;

lol i haven't done 5th grade musicianship either......

AMUS is pretty hard, right? coz a lot of people i know failed their exam... my friend got A+ for eighth grade & she failed AMUS.... O___o;;

but the thought of not having to do technical crap is sooooo appealing...
 

fwuxed

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lemme guess, they practice?
that's so typical.

lmao.
 

sugaryblue

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I do!! I wish my parents have forced me. they didn't let me start until I was about 8 :( I still play. I play everything that I like. Chopin is probably my favourite. I like Bach but I hate playing most of his pieces coz they are technically demanding. I like pieces that let me 'flow' ie Chopin and Debussy (early works). I guess the main problem with me is that I hate to practise. I am really really lazy. but once i get the hang of the music, I play almost non-stop
 

fwuxed

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grade pieces should be banned from this country
:(
they sound like crap
 

Tocatina

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I play a fair bit, but mainly I improvise and stuff around with classical pieces. I play all Bach's "Well tempered Clavier" and sometimes just muck around with themes from there etc. It comes in handy when I get asked to play for weddings etc. A quick $60 for half an hours work!
 

1freedom

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wish i was forced to
if there was one musical instrament that i could learn to play it would be the piano, hopefully later in life i will be able to take it up
 

Sam

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i play... or played... cos of d parents...
got up to amus b4 yr 12.... then gave it up cos i thought i didnt have time.. which i didnt. and was planning on doing lmus after hsc
so i didnt play anythin technical during that time. onli the same old easy stuffs... modern.
then tried to start it again after the hsc.... but realised i couldn't. cos my fingers didnt work like they used to.
so now cant get anywhere with that lmus. and regrettin it. :(

so a word to u hsc-ers out there... practice ur scales once in a while. it wont hurt ya.
 

babydoll_

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stop sighing; whats done is done

nothings stopping ya from learning how to play!
 

jello

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playign the piano is great!
i used 2 hate it
coz scales and stuff are damn annoying
but now ive realli come 2 love the piano
i can just sing there playing random stuff 4 hours ^^

rite now im working on prelude in c minor by Rachmaninoff
mad mad song

dont get me wrong tho im not some classical nut
i love both modern and classical the same
just that i think alot of ppl are missing out the fun of good classical pieces
saying that piano is boring and stuff
 

babydoll_

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Originally posted by fwuxed
nancy what grade are you?
got up to 6th then i quit.

EDIT/ does anyone have any moderate range hardness classical songs that sound good? i need a new trademark song besides "fur elise"
 
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