Does anyone play the piano?

**Taz_Zoee** · 08-02-2009, 11:59 AM

My parents got me a piano when I was about 10 years or younger. I took lessons for several years but never got very good at it. I can play several songs and chords. And I can (slowly) read music.
Now my niece (who is now 18) is a natural on the piano. She can't read music at all but she can play by ear amazingly. Her Nana gave her some lessons when she was young but that's it. I'm jealous of her.

**caseysmom** · 08-02-2009, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee

My parents got me a piano when I was about 10 years or younger. I took lessons for several years but never got very good at it. I can play several songs and chords. And I can (slowly) read music.
Now my niece (who is now 18) is a natural on the piano. She can't read music at all but she can play by ear amazingly. Her Nana gave her some lessons when she was young but that's it. I'm jealous of her.

Thats how my brother was, he just sort of sat down and played one day, I fear he got all the musical talent in the family but I'm going to give it a try....I will look in the piano bench there may be a book there..

**Casper** · 08-02-2009, 06:12 PM

Add me to the list of people encouraging you to learn!

I am mainly self-taught, though I learned how to read sheet music from an instructor. Playing music is very relaxing for me, and the piano is one of my favorites.

**Pembroke_Corgi** · 08-03-2009, 07:29 AM

Any reason you couldn't take lessons? Music is better when it's shared with others and I think the right teacher could be really motivating. I'm not saying you couldn't learn on your own, but I think you might find lessons really fun! (Course I taught piano for 2 years so I may biased!)

**Pinot's Mom** · 08-03-2009, 09:56 AM

Add me to the encouragers, too! I played classical piano for 12 YEARS as a child, was very good, but just lost interest as a teenager. That wasn't a good idea. I have now, though, acquired a small organ that's a lot of fun and am re-learning. I was very well trained and a lot has come back. I won't be what I used to be, but it'll be enough to make it fun. That's what you shoot for - not perfection, just for it to be fun! Good luck!!

**caseysmom** · 08-03-2009, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Pembroke_Corgi

Any reason you couldn't take lessons? Music is better when it's shared with others and I think the right teacher could be really motivating. I'm not saying you couldn't learn on your own, but I think you might find lessons really fun! (Course I taught piano for 2 years so I may biased!)

Mostly money I just got 3 days a month furlough so I am trying to cut back not add any expenses. I just got to thinking that I should have done that earlier on in my broken foot ordeal it would have been a good productive thing to accomplish.

**K9karen** · 08-04-2009, 12:08 AM

My brother took lessons for years. Since there's a 4 yr age gap, I wanted to copy my big brother, so I sat down one day and started to play a few songs by ear. I got so good at it, that the folks decided I needed lessons. My bro is the kind of person who needs to be yelled at for anything to sink in. Me? Yell at me and I'm gone. I'm not stupid. The teacher used the same techniques on me and I used to get so sick and break out in a rash, they fired him. I was so traumatized that the fun was taken out of learning. I remember he tried to talk my parents into reconsidering about 6 months later, apologizing etc,. because I had piano fingers and a good ear, but it never happened. I'm also mathematically dyslectic to a degree and couldn't comprehend 1/2 or 1/4 notes etc.