do u think piano lessons r great??
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Do you want to be really really good at piano?\nThen YES!!! \nIF you have a great teacher.\n\nAll the greatest pianists had great teachers.\nNo one became great by learning by themselves.
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There is plenty of free sheet music out there.  But you do have to download it.  http://sheet-music.8k.com/piano.html  This website has alot of great pieces and they do not take long to download.
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Hmmm.  Taking a CLASS with a room full of other people would be a definite "experience"  I think I'd be too self-conscious to get the most out of it, but I'd certainly TRY it.  None of us is born a great lover....you have to BECOME a great lover- and the only way to do that, is to learn.
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Some students lose interest no matter how hard you try.  There are so many distractions nowadays.  Most students are not just taking piano lessons.  Most are involved in many different activities.  It's very hard getting them to practice and keep them interested.  I've found having them listen to great pianists on Cd's or watch DVDs about them gets some motivated.  Making a "big deal" about some piece that they are working on, or are going to work on, is also helpful.  Have them prepare for concerts or contests.  You can also give them something more modern or popular to work on, on the condition that they continue to practice their regular lesson.  Emphasize that their "classical" pieces are the "meat and potatoes" whereas the "pop" stuff is the "cake and ice-cream".  \nI hope this was helpful.\nGood Luck!
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If you want to be a great pianist you need to start with the very basics, technique is really important. A Piano is not an easy instrument at all, it has lots of depth and tone and needs to be handled the right way.\n\nOr, get a fake book and learn the chords and notes and you could probably bang out a song in a few days.  \n\nEither way is just fine, it's up to you and how far you want to go with it.
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try theze linkz!\n\nwww.learnpianoonline.com/links.html\n\nwww.findfreesheetmusic.com/pages/Piano/\n\nwww.sheetmusic1.com\n\nwww.musicandyou.com\n\nwww.8notes.com/piano
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This questions is much too general. It depends on who you are talking to--the professional, or the novice, or the 'somewhere in between'. At the beginning, you should practice at least 2 hours a day. Once you have figured out how to actually "play" the piano without messing everything up constantly, you can practice less, but if you are getting that good, you will probably want to practice more because you get more enjoyment out of it. \n\nNow, I am a pro and have had periods in my life where I played for 5 or 6 hours a day. Now, I rarely play unless I am gigging or have spare time.
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Chek a piano book or ask a piano book place hope that will help!\nCuz at the place I play piano I saw in the books some piano books by Weezer weird heh!?
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I know google and yahoo inside out and I've searched high and low but Im in the same boat as you are.  You can only find a bit here and a bit there.  Tell me what level you are at and i can give you a video to download of me playing the notes.  Just pick and song and I can have a video in about 7 days so you can see my fingers slowly.  I teach piano the traditional way but visually/aurally learning the song is much easier.  Classical pieces require the sheets but all latest rock/pop etc don;t. Request the video for FREE at pianobible.com
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i have been playing for almost 20 years.  i think there is something very profound about playing an instrument, especially the piano.  i think classical is very underrated (something that should be observed live).  there is a passion that comes with the piano and playing several notes as once.  \n\ni think it also brings your experience as a person.  shows yourself how to have control and discipline and that hard work actually works.  the result is amazing knowing that you work on this piece and you made that sound come from your finger tips.  each note perfects by the way you touch, and how loud or soft it resonates from the piano itself... helps everywhere (even the bedroom) to have such an art!  did i get a little carried away there?
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if you have learned piano chords, you can expand by listening to CD's and trying to play what you hear.  I play in a praise team at church and play primarily from Lead Sheets (chord sheets) which expands my knowledge.  If you have chord knowledge, you need to hear what you can do with the chords in order to expand your knowledge.  The more you listen and attempt to imitate, the more knowledge you will receive.  It will be frustrating at first, but you will get better as time goes on.  Good Luck!!!\nPS - I also try and play leads from the radio.  Songs that come to mind are Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts) and A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carleton).  Those leads come directly from chords and listen to them over and over and over to find out how the leads are depicted from the leads.
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Wow! you are preach-in to the choir! same thing happened to me. Well if you're new to it then i say give it some time. I did and now i love that i can just sit down at the piano and play a song. But if you've tried for more than a few years then i agree with Theresa.
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It takes several years, and daily practice.  If you are sufficiently motivated, a minimum of about three years, I think. A decent used piano would likely set you back a couple of thousand dollars.  \n\nYou will want to take lessons, usually once a week during that time, to teach you music theory as well as finger placement and tempo, interpretation of the music.
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http://www.sheetmusicusa.com/piano/\nhttp://www.pitt.edu/~deben/freebiesalpha.html
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I love it. I first write the lyrics in poetic form (don't worry, I don't write cheezy stuff), and then get a feel for the words and make up a tune in my head. Then I fool around on the piano for a while until I have a song written.
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it is good when you can compose a music for you poems/lyrics... is actually as easy as ABC when you know the musical score of course, i did it for my fren for composing music for his lyrics, and it works... just try playing with your guitar or other instrument and someday you will find out that tone is nice and you will try to fit ur poems/lyrics into that music... it works for me actually... mayb you can try it out, good luck
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try this site http://www.8notes.com/piano/