Yes, I know. TLDR last paragraph.It must be a million times. If you choose to play along, some caveats, othewise I don't blame you.
I've been playing guitar for 30 years, play clarinet and trombone passably well, a songwriter. Now FINALLY, have a piano in the house. Cue the heavenly choir.
More relevant to the topic, I've had a few seasons of piano lessons which have clarified one thing already observed- most people are bad at their jobs.
More than that, most printed intructional methods are ridiculously outdated and the idea that anyone would honestly recommend them is beyond me. I have been around this block a near dozen times and while Flowkey is middling at best in terms of instruction it still beats Hal Leonard and the local grandma coming over to tell me to sit up straight and put my thumb on middle C.
I have no interest in performing as a pianist, but that's not to say I don't respect the instrument. For composition and arrangement, I think there's no better tool and thus also for studio recording where all kinds of options are available triggered by the same.
I wouldn't mind a theory refresher, but primarily I'm looking for a resource that will take me from intermediate piano player to more confidently using it to compose, let's say, a variety of popular forms, classical need not apply. Necessarily :-P
A lot of, say,.multimedia/online sources I've seen so far are novel, but mostly focused on beginners- and hey, it's great to get people focusing their musical muscles. Most have them even if they believe otherwise, but it's not for me. Unfortunately, what I'm looking for is usually hidden behind paywalls and so I ask:
Intermediate- focus on songwriting/composition, averse to direct instruction: recommended services? Anyone that's still here, if you please?
Submitted January 07, 2024 at 04:39AM by Traditional-Rest-190 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/190mwrv/learn_pianoat_the_risk_of_repetition/?utm_source=ifttt