You're a machine!

[T-Block]

Doesn't sound very fun to me

It's only fun if you like the music and after u have learned said music.  If you hate classical music, you will be bored to tears majoring in Music.  I'm having a ball learning this stuff, even though some of it is hard as heck.  I just look at it as expanding my musical territory.  I also keep in mind my real goal in life (open a Gospel Music School) whenever i feel like quitting.  This is one of many stepping-stones that will help me accomplish my goal.

[musallio]

It's only fun if you like the music and after u have learned said music.  If you hate classical music, you will be bored to tears majoring in Music.  I'm having a ball learning this stuff, even though some of it is hard as heck.  I just look at it as expanding my musical territory.  I also keep in mind my real goal in life (open a Gospel Music School) whenever i feel like quitting.  This is one of many stepping-stones that will help me accomplish my goal.

Yeah, U'r spot on there..
I think I enjoy classical music..I even have a few cds which I bought purely so I could learn the music..
But i guess classic is deeper than just listen to cds & trying to play along.

You have big dreams man..I know the school will come to pass.

[T-Block]

Yeah, U'r spot on there..
I think I enjoy classical music..I even have a few cds which I bought purely so I could learn the music..
But i guess classic is deeper than just listen to cds & trying to play along.

Well, I'll be honest wit u man, it's close to impossible to learn classical music by ear.  You can get the basic pattern or style and play a dummied up version, but for the real thing u must get the actual sheet music.  Once u get the sheet music, you will find that it is 100x harder to learn cuz each hand has specific things to play.

[musallio]

Well, I'll be honest wit u man, it's close to impossible to learn classical music by ear.  You can get the basic pattern or style and play a dummied up version, but for the real thing u must get the actual sheet music.  Once u get the sheet music, you will find that it is 100x harder to learn cuz each hand has specific things to play.

True that!!!

U can say it again..

Right now the only sheet music I'm getting into is the simple stuff like Canon , Amazing Grace etc..I don't want to be a miserable person..I just want to have fun

[under13]

True that!!!

U can say it again..

Right now the only sheet music I'm getting into is the simple stuff like Canon , Amazing Grace etc..I don't want to be a miserable person..I just want to have fun

Becoming/Being a Great musician is not always gonna fun.

[phatstrings]

That's the way it's done. I'm one of those who swears by the music. Honestly, they're right. You can't execute difficult music well unless you're able to look at your hands and at the keys. Then if you do you'll lose your place in the music. The other thing is playing solo piano music for a concert is easier without having to get someone to turn pages for you.

And as T-Bone says, you can't just memorize a piece of music that's 20+ pages with ease. You're supposed to be playing what the composer wrote and interpreting it in your own way but still playing the right notes. If you improvise on the notes then that means you're playing it WRONG. I am sooooooooo glad I'm not in school anymore. People don't recognize how difficult it is to major in music in college. Every semester you have to have juries and play what you've been learning in front of the teachers of your instrument. Talk about HIGH Anxiety, like the kind where you're about throw up.

I can say that God kept me when I was in school. It took some serious prayer. If you forget your music you may not be able to remember and get back on. My friend from college was really good. He had much better technique than me and he could really play but he always forgot his music. He was really proud and haughty and yet he still couldn't get through one piece of music without forgetting it. One thing I can say is God helped me make it through 8 semesters of piano juries. PRAISE HIM!!!

 OMG! Did you just call him T-Bone? All this while i thought his name was T-Block.

 And that my people,is my only contribution to this thread 

[T-Block]

OMG! Did you just call him T-Bone? All this while i thought his name was T-Block.

It's funny cuz in real life my mom calls me bone as a knickname, LOL.

[littlelamb]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to call you T-Bone. I don't know what I was thinking.

[Mysteryman]

I'll never play Carnigie Hall in NYC but I have a great audience on LGM and YouTube

If you want to be there He can make it possible. lol