This gets me sad sometimes...

[GRINACE]

Really, I wish I knew how to play musical instruments aside from (pfft) guitar hero... after watching this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1XanxjDgE

Im all depressed (not) but upsets me how I cant play music... For my junior year im taking up music fundamentals and Piano basics.... now im off to play some basket ball at night, ~1~...

[vinexist]

Well you could play the recorder...that shits easy.

[GRINACE]

Yeah... but I cant read music notes lol

[MRat]

Yeah... but I cant read music notes lol

It takes like 15 minutes to learn how.

[GRINACE]

lovely, it took me 5 mins to master this move

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S1KtOIN4jc

and I didnt used the video to learn it.

[FG_SPace]

its a bit better to play by ear than by reading in my opinion cause i can read music real well but i can't pick out a pitch to save my life. i've played piano for like 8 years its easy

[MRat]

its a bit better to play by ear than by reading in my opinion cause i can read music real well but i can't pick out a pitch to save my life. i've played piano for like 8 years its easy

I would say it's equally as important to do both. If you just play for yourself, by yourself, than ear will serve you fine, but if you work in a group, or a band, especially something like an orchestra, then you really need to be able to read music, because your ear is not pitch perfect, I don't think anyone's is, and if you just play be ear, you may not precisely be in tune with your group.

I've been in music since I was 5, first cello, then the trumpet, then the piano (which I still play) with some drums and guitar tossed in, neither of which I was any good at. All the while I've played in bands, and just written stuff for my own liking, and I've definitely found each method equally useful.

If you become a composer, for example, not only is reading a staff important, but you need to understand alot of music theory, to really convey to those who will play your music what it is you're trying to say with a piece, because many instrumentalists probably don't care enough to learn from the music alone.

[SHADOWFOX2]

Ever since I was two I've been playing the piano by ear. I'm definitely not Ray Charles or anything, but I can definitely play the small stuff like Charlie Brown, Mario, Axel F, Mortal Kombat...pretty much anything you've seen other people do on YouTube lol, but I taught myself pretty much. Whenever I went to my grandparents house, I would play on their piano, until they got me a keyboard which is under my bed now after I got FL 6...I also play the trumpet and french horn/mellophone if anyone cares, and the marimba's pretty much like the piano...

If you wanna learn, practice. If you wanna learn quickly, find a tutor...

[MRat]

If you wanna learn, practice. If you wanna learn quickly, find a tutor...

Wise words. But when you have a tutor, still practice. Alot.

[GRINACE]

Word.

[Philip K Dick]

i can kind of read sheet music but ive never had the need to

taylor and i can both memorize things and plus i have fl studio and thats all i really need for composing

[Sonni]

I used to play Piano back when I was a kid. I tried to give it a comeback.

Unfortunately, after 3 months of intense self training I realized I actually played better when I was a kid.

[FG_SPace]

i played piano by myself and could never pick out a tune and in orchestra on viola and percussion i could hear group pitches a lot better cause there were some sucky kids compared to great kids but i'm still always impressed by some of my friends who can listen to songs and just fiddle around long enough to figure them out with maybe help from tabs.
Is it hard to teach yourself guitar with youtube videos cause i wanna do that this summer

[MRat]

Is it hard to teach yourself guitar with youtube videos cause i wanna do that this summer

not really, but you're gunna have to dedicate alot of time to it.