How Can I Become A Concert Pianist ?
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the novice practices until he gets it right.. the professional practices until he&#92;she cannot get it wrong.\n (Joe Satriani)\n\n  SO practice until your fingers bleed, forget your friends, play time, goofing off and slacking..work work work.. Your goal is a good one although I will say that there is more money and fame in improvisational piano like Brickman, Yanni, Lanze or Winston do.
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Here you go (a real one)\nYou have a staff (a partiture) written for orchestra.\nYou have to make a piano arrangement.\nEach note can be played by left hand, right hand or discarded.\nYou rely on a musician to train the system. Afterwards, it's supposed to work on its own.\n\nPlease write if you tackle it.
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Find a band that needs a singer, or visit a bunch of small clubs to see whether they have a piano, or would be willing to audition a singer or group.\n\nYou need to establish yourself in these smaller venues before you look for a recoding contract, unelss you have a voice like Barbra Striesand.
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I had this question just a few months ago.  I contacted a well known Piano tuner in my area and asked for guidance.  He invited me to a Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) meeting where I met many of the best tuners and technicians in my area.  This is NOT an advertisement for them but a ringing endorsement of the excellent help you can get through this organization.  You can request information by emailing ptg@ptg.org.  When you join this group, you are gaining allies, not competition.  There is a membership category for learners, which is where I am now.  I Hope this helps
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This will sound really unhelpful... \npractice.\nThat's a skill than can only get better by doing it over and over again, if you don't already have a natural ability to do it.  People with perfect pitch can just find any note and sing through anything.  I suggest you sit yourself at a piano and just keep practicing and practicing.\nOh and also, learn your intervals! Ok maybe that's more important!  Intervals!  learn memory devices for each interval. Example.  "Mary Had a Little Lamb" for major 3rd\nthe NBC chimes for 6th, and so on
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Study piano at university? I don't think so.\n\nMaybe you mean a music college?\n\nYou should expect to pay £5000-£10000 a year in fees, plus living costs.
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Go outside, close your eyes, turn around three times and point. Music is everywhere. You don't have to look for it, just find it. (Btw congrats on being a composer. It's a talent that I would kill to have)\n\nHey people, concert band is kind of different from your run of the mill drinking songs. Namely having NO WORDS. That's like the point, it's MUSIC.
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Well, here on Answers I have a hidden talent.  I play the piano.  It's been years, but I can still play.
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go to a piano, play a random note, guess it. Do this alot. Then have someone else do it, and include sharps and flats. Then do chords, and name the notes of the chords.
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try this site http://www.8notes.com/piano/
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you have to assemble a package of yourself including; a picture, short bio, your range capabilities, and how many years of experience.  Chances are it will be for harmony parts.  you must become a member of the musicians union and they have a list of job opportunities
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This is a very odd comparison.  The two instruments are so different in everything about them - why these two I have to wonder?  Both have advantages & disadvantages - almost too many to list.\n\nPiano - Pianists & accompainists are always needed!  Whether playing solo work, playing for churches & other religious institutes or accompainying the many, many instruments (including flute) that need accompanists for festivals & exams, pianists (if good enough) can always find work.  Piano is versatile, anyone can learn, and has skills that transfer over to many, many other disciplines (in and out of the music world).  Many universities & exams make their non-piano students learn a bit of piano.\n\nFlute - As I am a flute player & teacher, I am a bit biased.  I love the flute!  It is an instrument that is easy to get to a beginner level, but hard to master.  It is unlike the other woodwinds, as modern flutes aren't made of wood, nor does it have a reed.  It isn't like brass where you buzz into a mouthpiece.  It has a beautiful sound that has so many colour options.  Flutists generally have amazing technique and can play faster (and are required to) than the other winds.  It is portable (unlike piano), compact.  Flutes are gorgeous when played at snazzy functions like weddings - they add a touch of class.\n\nThere's my 2 cents.  Hope it helps!
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You would need a graduate degree with a specialization in conducting, then gain experience and apply to smaller orchestras, build a reputation. The larger orchestras actually recruit the conductors that they are interested in.
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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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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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That's rather a large topic to cover but I will go through the basics.\n\nFirst of all, there are literally hundreds of Music Notation programs available, either commercially, or as freely available projects. One that I would recommend is Sibelius, though it is geared towards composition for orchestra.\n\nAdditionally, if you don't care too much about notation, then what you are looking for is a software sequencer. Guess what? There are even more of those available, but I would recommend either Cakewalk or Cubase.\n\nYou will benefit greatly by visiting your local music store and making friends with someone in the keyboards/music software department. This topic is too big to give you any real detail. I recommend you do a LOT of reading before spending any money!\n\nAs for the MIDI -> computer problem, what you need is a MIDI interface for your computer. They come in various flavors but the most common is the MIDI/USB interface. Once you've installed the driver software, any MIDI capable software will be able to either record (music data) from the digital piano, or play back music in software on the digital piano.\n\nI would also recommend reading up on the fundamentals of MIDI. Basically, there are 16 channels available and your piano may be able to play back more than one voice/patch at a time, say piano and harpsichord. You will need two MIDI cables, one that goes from the MIDI/OUT on the piano to the MIDI/IN on the interface, and another one that goes vice versa. With two cables you are able to record and playback without unplugging cables.\n\nAgain, MIDI is a huge topic to cover, but you will probably just want to do the basics at first.\n\nDepending on what you really want to do, the sky really is the limit. You can turn your PC into a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for less than $1,000. That will give you the ability to produce full-blown songs using a variety of digital synthesizers, samples, and percussion (both syntheisized and sampled). I can give you specific recommendations on that, but having a fast PC and a pro-quality soundcard are essential. You can use an outboard device that serves as a MIDI interface and a soundcard and that will save you a lot of trouble and money. With this setup you simply use your piano as a MIDI controller, and all the audio is produced via the PC.\n\n[I'm a 22+ year veteran of electronic music. Contact me if you have any questions.]
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you should major in music education. classes include:\n\nlearning a little of every instrument\npiano classes\nmusic theory\nmusic history\near training\nband/orchestra/choir depending on instrument\npsychology\nphilosophy in education\n\nwell...there are a lot more of course but theres a general idea