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The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free

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Re: The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free

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Post by joduplessis »

amelius wrote: post #3

I wish piano methods would offer me the choice of genre (jazz, latin, classical, ...) and that they would start with songs that are perhaps technically simple, but still interesting from a musical viewpoint.

What is usually interesting from a musical standpoint in your personal music taste. Jazz is very interesting, but not everyone's cup of tea, etc.

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Has someone here picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn? If yes, it would be helpful if you could point to resources that were helpful to you and any daily practice schedule you followed?

I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored. Like for some reason I am not able to transition to other keys well when I am using both hands or when some finger involuntarily moves because of motion of neighboring finger. Also, I seem to get finger fatigue which is surprising considering the amount of time I spend on keyboards anyway.

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Post by _0o6v »

actuator wrote: post #6

Has someone here picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn? If yes, it would be helpful if you could point to resources that were helpful to you and any daily practice schedule you followed? I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored. Like for some reason I am not able to transition to other keys well when I…

I'm enjoying working through the Faber Adult Piano Adventures books: https://pianoadventures.com/browse/libraries/piano-adventure...

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Post by diggan »

actuator wrote: post #6

Has someone here picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn? If yes, it would be helpful if you could point to resources that were helpful to you and any daily practice schedule you followed? I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored. Like for some reason I am not able to transition to other keys well when I…

> Has someone here have picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn?

Yeah, I've learnt piano and drums just last few years (I'm 28). I'm no professional, but I also had difficulties with using both hands, involuntarily movements and fatigue in different parts of the body.

Best thing I done was just to practice, practice and more practice. Practice with one hand first until you know it without thinking, then add the other hand slowly. Same goes from drums (and other instruments I'm assuming), start slowly until you know it by heart, then speed up.

No strict schedule, I just play when I feel like it. If I want something intense I play drums. If I feel like melodies, I play piano. Otherwise I mostly use a Novation Circuit and Octatrack (and some other smaller gadgets for bass lines etc) for playing electronic music, mostly just improvisation.

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Post by pengstrom »

actuator wrote: post #6

Has someone here picked a musical instrument seriously for the first time in their 20s and managed to self learn? If yes, it would be helpful if you could point to resources that were helpful to you and any daily practice schedule you followed? I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored. Like for some reason I am not able to transition to other keys well when I…

Self-learning any instrument is exceedingly hard. I cannot recommend a tutor highly enough. There's a lot of, well art to it that's difficult to convey other than in person. Self-learners often pick up bad habits which limits them and drain the fun out of it.

I picked up clarinet a few years ago, and while I made good progress just from practicing it was not until I engaged with a tutor I really got going.

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Post by LeSaucy »

amelius wrote: post #3

I wish piano methods would offer me the choice of genre (jazz, latin, classical, ...) and that they would start with songs that are perhaps technically simple, but still interesting from a musical viewpoint.

Most method books will touch on a wide variety of genres, usually to illustrate specific topics in music theory. If you can’t reason about intervals/scales, key, and chord progressions, “learning” genres like jazz will be like trying to learn differential calculus before linear algebra.
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