Thread: I want to take up piano

Well... keyboard. I really don't know where to start. I managed to play part half of a complicated song with a youtube tutorial, but I nether have a superb memory(maybe) nor sheet reading music skills.

My questions are: What are some simple songs that have cool melodies? To help I absolutely refuse to play songs like twinkle little star and I like alot of video game composers.

If you like video game composers, try Nobuo Uematsu's music from Final fantasy. I don't know how hard they are, they sound quite simple but they're nice to your ears.

With memory and sheet reading music skills, practice makes perfect meaning if you keep playing your favourite tune over and over, eventually you will memorise the whole song.

For sheet reading, you can start playing some simple tunes and slowly try more challeging tunes. But I'm not really a big help.

you could look up songs on youtube. a lot of people post videos on how to play them

Originally Posted by lagunagirl

you could look up songs on youtube. a lot of people post videos on how to play them

Jumped the gun did we?

I started training piano some years ago, but i'm just putting more effort on it right now. I never played twinkle little star I prefer playing videogames/anime themes, and there are many simple, yet cool video game songs

Start with some... some Final Fantasy themes (for example the chocobo theme). XD don't do like i did trying the hardest/coolest music before you know the basic steps. Get used to the keyboard first, try speeding up/slowing down songs you play, or try playing them in another rhythm. Once you get the hang of it, try something harder.

There are several video game sheet music sites on the internet, and youtube is a good place to look for, too.

And the typical advice, as always, practice makes perfect. (I know how much it sucks being stuck in a difficult part of the song, but once you get through it, it'll get much better)

I started playing the piano by learning Zelda off of youtube, you can start with the short ones and work your way to the longer ones. I recomend this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPji9BGOHbs - That is him teaching Song Of Storms.

After I learned the Zelda tunes I went to Final Fantasy and learned One Winged Angel and Aerith's Song... best thing to do is just search around on youtube with the words "learn, tutorial and piano"