Playing the piano she did not need the book

I an good at improvision, not good at straight memorization. And when I get nervous I sort of get it all mixed up. I probably could do short pieces, but she was playing a very long piece.

I do it, because I cannot memorize the whole piece, so if I hear it, I try to imitate what I hear. I am trying to learn the more complicated chords, but that does not help when the music goes over the place.

Ah well I'm nowhere near good enough for improvisation...

I wish I could play the guitar, but somehow I seemed to get my fingers all mixed up. I found the piano quite easy in that I n play by ear, but memorizing was a bit. I do find that playing classical is harder then just playing chords, and that most of the online courses are how to play chords. The man point is that a piano is rather expensive, so that keeps many people from going ahead with it. But I wish you luck and hope you find a bargain paino - they do sell electronic keyboards on sale around Christmas.

You're welcome. After my father sold the piano, I practiced on my friends's pianos, and when there was non available, and when I got married, I did some stenographic work for a friend of a friend of mine for a spinet organ. I got some organ lessons included but organ music did not appeal to me, so I set the organ to piano and looked online for some free lessons. Went that way for a while until my husband bought me a piano. I bought some lessons online they are a good price around $200, and I have no sense of synchronization now, but am learning. DYou can get a good second hand piano or do what a friend of mine did and buy an electronic piano. They usually are on sale around Christmas. Good luck!

Given the chance to study piano (time, money, place, etc.) I will surely try my best to do so. Thanks suspenseful! :)

But it would help for me to play the music exactly what it is written, without having to take time to turn the page. I would not need even to look at the book.

Good for you. My father could play by ear and I got his talent. I can figure out what the song sounds like and I find that when I read music I get ahead of myself. It does not take long to get the idea what the piece is like. I think I might have perfect pitch but not too sure about it. I read about it somewhere that few people have it, but maybe the one who wrote it did not have it and assumed everyone was like him.

I can play by ear,but then I make up the accompainment as to what I feel it sounds like, but doing it exactly like what the composer wrote, and memorizing the whole piece. That is what I am talking about. When I was a young girl and taking lessons, I had a hard time memorizing. I still do, because often the music is not logical, there are no three or four chords the same with the same melody, it varies.

I noticed that as well. I am doing some practice pieces, that is part of a regular piece, plus I am thing to learn the accompaiignment for a song I will be singing for the Christmas concert, but for the life of me cannot get that right. My voice teacher says for me to count, but I usually take my cue from the music so I am trying to learn the music inbetween so I know when to start.