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jamieblac · Post by **jamieblac** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:48 pm

I realize that clicking notes into a piano roll can be time consuming (for me).So does anybody know a good piano lessons program? Because I can't play at all. DVD's or websites would do just fine. ThanX

mladi · Post by **mladi** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:52 pm

You can find tutorials on youtube en masse.

stefangx · Post by **stefangx** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:44 pm

Playground Sessions is pretty good. I got it when it was on sale for $99
http://www.playgroundsessions.com/

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:53 pm

Honestly, I tried that route. It's more expensive, but I'd say get a teacher and pay for lessons if at all an option. At least to start. Get someone to help with reading music (which you'll need for the book route anyway), basic scales, and hand technique. They'll also teach you how to practice, which is something you wouldn't necessarily think you need to learn, but for starting piano it is. Once you get those basics down, which might take a few months on its own, then figure out whether it's worthwhile to continue or go the book route, but I'd really suggest (from experience) getting some formal training.

Note: if this were guitar or drums, I'd say, "get some books and figure it out by doing" (which is much easier on those instruments) but for piano, start with a teacher. I did piano lessons a few years ago and my skills improved much more quickly in the first few months, then they had in the many years of just messing around with keyboards/pianos prior to that. I stopped going to lessons about three years ago and have been progressing much more slowly since then, but at this point, that's partly because of my own lack of discipline (I at least know what I need to do to get better because of my prior lessons).

Lejurai · Post by **Lejurai** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:02 pm

https://www.pianomarvel.com/

I learned with this.

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:16 pm

He didn't asked to became the next Rachmaninov did he?

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:40 pm

stefangx wrote:Playground Sessions is pretty good. I got it when it was on sale for $99
http://www.playgroundsessions.com/

We have it on sale right now for $109 in cart:

www.jrrshop.com/playground-sessions

The sale ends tomorrow.

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:25 am

funkybot is 100% correct : get a human teacher

peace

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:41 am

It really depend what OP have in mind. When he want to learn piano playing from the ground no doubt only a real teacher side by side can bring him there (and alot of practice of course)..

If he (and that's how I understand his question) just want to learn how to play his ideas into the sequencer over a keyboard instead of clicking the events with a mouse into a piano roll there is nothing wrong to try it online. Of course we don't speak about learning to play piano then.

Lessons cost alot of money and only make sense if you really want to get into it. Maybe taking some keyboard lessons which naturally are cheaper been just right?

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:12 am

If the OP told a teacher exactly what he wanted to do, she could show him how to do it well (eg hand position and fingering) and save him a lot of time!

outside · Post by **outside** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:43 pm

Please, check out this dude

I need piano lessons BAD