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offline ftc from Australia on 2005-02-08 06:55 [#01491281]
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i feel like i've just wasted my money buying a couple of
'learn piano' books when i never even thought of finding
some 'learn piano' software that interacts with midi.

anybody got any experience with this type of software?

i just found this one called playpro ... looks cool.


anyone know any similar products you might recommend?



 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2005-02-08 07:14 [#01491310]
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Well. I don't know how good their software is, because they
seem kind of distracted.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-02-08 07:19 [#01491316]
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I learned piano by myself, and I can say that scales are the
most important thing.. just practice lots of scales. if you
have the piano-books, the scales should be in there, or at
least the intervals.

for any major scale, it's (in halves) 2 2 1 2 2 2 1
and for any minor, it's 2 1 2 2 2 1 2

then, you start at c and practice every scale from there up
with one halftone interval (c major, c# major, d major and
so-on...).

Otherwise, finding the score for a song you know how should
sound and really want to play is a good tip. I used Avril
14. Another thing, which I did, was I wrote a piece in
finale notepad (so that it could be played back in midi),
and practiced on playing it.. chances are, if you made it,
you'll like it and at least want to learn how to play it.


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-02-08 09:46 [#01491465]
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just sit in front of the piano for hours on end and keep
playing notes and patterns etc that sound good. its the only
good way to learn. eventually you'll get an ear for it. it
will take a long time.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-02-08 09:58 [#01491484]
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and.. correct advancement of the fingers when going up or
down on the right and left hand...

left hand up (left to right):

it goes from the pinky to the thumb, then again from the
longest one (the one to the right of the index finger).
After 1x of this, you've gone one (regular.. septim or
whatever) scale, or seven keys, but if you need to keep on
going up, you loop the three last fingers over and over.

left hand down:

it's basically the same, but you use the three you used last
on the previous one in the beginning and when you near the
end of the scale, you use the remaining fingers, ending on
the pinky.

right hand is reverse of this in a way... you do the same,
but you use the three (thumb, index and that other one) last
for down and first for up.

this will help you keep the pressure, speed and stuff
right...


 


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