Michelle asked: I am a percussionist in high school. I can read most rhythms and can slowly cite read melodic music on marimbas ect. I have been playing seriously for two years and have improved incredibly. I would like to attempt to learn how to play piano this summer. I understand the basics with reading [...]

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on June 25th, 2007

xrumor_has_itx asked: I played violin for like 4 years. But got bored. The music we played drove me nuts and I just didn’t like it. So anyways. I was wondering. Are the notes at all similar? Like reading music and stuff? Will my violin days make it harder or easier for me to learn? And [...]

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Rachel _Not_Idiot asked: What are some mistakes or errors of thinking that you made when learning music? One that I can recall: I’d been learning the recorder at school, and they hadn’t taught us to read music. I had some keyboard sheet music that I wanted to play on the recorder, so I decided that [...]

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on June 11th, 2007

ImJustBobbintoRobin asked: Hello. This is my first video. I’ve never had any lessons with piano. I basically taught myself and used some Youtube vids, too. I do not know how to read music notes whatsoever. I hope you enjoy! A Special Thanks to LearnPianoOnline, who made it possible to help me play this song. … [...]

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peter_400 asked: I’m just looking for a book with a few melodies to get them started, preferably not written in a score as he can’t read music. Any insight would be handy. Cheers. Learn How to Read Music Notes Share and Enjoy: Social Bookmarking

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