Looking for help on music

[neon mirage]

Does anyone know a song that I can actually enjoy learning and not giving up when I can only play half of it I’ve been playing on my keyboard for 4 months and I’m decent but I tend to give up quick on things and I really want to learn and play a song that is semi challenging and actually sounds nice and won’t bore me so if you have any recommendations please put them

[atomic estuary]

Feel like this is more on you to put in the work and actually follow through with your practice commitments - there is no way for us to know what you enjoy, what your skill level is, what your motivation for pursuing the piano is, etc. You need some soul-searching and inner reflection Like I could give a suggestion that I like but that would have absolutely nothing to do with your current problem atm.

[neon mirage]

I’ll take anything

Yea I know it’s my problem and all but again I’m basically a beginner and I might just be thinking this way because all the good songs I see being played on piano and me not being able to play them

[atomic estuary]

well in that case keep practicing things appropriate for your skill level - you can look for piano learning books, find easier sheet music, try technical exercises, etc.

only one way to improve your skill level to where you can play what you want - getting on the grind Honestly applies to many skills in general like learning a new language, getting good at a sport, etc. Just hours of hard work

Videos of piano playing on social media and stuff, it all doesn't show the hours and hours of practice that go behind playing that well.

[neon mirage]

I’m kinda not a fan of sheet music do I have to be able to read it in order to become good?

[atomic estuary]

how have you been practicing in 4 months so far?

[neon mirage]

YouTube tutorials

[ember sky]

Right start with simpler pieces like Mozart K545 1st Movement or Fur Elise, since you need to work on sight reading. YouTube tutorials can’t help you with harder pieces. Also, if you put the name of the notes on the piano, erase them right now. You’ll get used to looking at them that you can’t learn anything. Once you start performing at concerts and you see that the piano has no notes on them, you’ll suddenly realise that you can’t play since you don’t know the notes.

[atomic estuary]

they don't know how to read sheet music, don't think they're gonna sight read mozart bruh 😭

[ember sky]

Bruh that one is the simplest I can find

There’s 5 billion sequences in that

[atomic estuary]

I wish there was a giant FAQ on this discord somewhere that said something along the lines of "following a YT tutorial is not conducive to long-term improvement at the piano"

think about it, concert pianists from centuries ago had no internet or computers etc.

just notes printed/written on paper

[ember sky]

I never watch YouTube tutorials

Where’s the fun in that bro?

The only fun is if you practice until you get it right

[atomic estuary]

so in short, the answer is yes if you're completely new and aren't studying with a teacher atm. Technically there is jazz piano, music theory, other ways to study and play other styles of piano without sheet music, but for 95% of newbies, learning how to read sheet music is what you need to do in order to sit down and seriously improve.

[ember sky]

By the way what pieces r y’all learning currently?

I’m doing Sonata Op. 13 “Pathetique” 2nd Movement

[atomic estuary]

I've been sight reading winter wind

slowly

so its more like winter breeze atm

[neon mirage]

I was just listening to this

[neon mirage]

Ok I’ll try

But I don’t really get how learning how read on a sheet is gonna help my fingers

[atomic estuary]

cause the more sheets you read the harder pieces you'll be able to play as you progress

even taking winterwind as an example

imagine having to learn that from a YT tutorial LOL

absolute nightmare

its just impossible

[neon mirage]

I feel you

But the sheet music genuinely looks more overwhelming

[atomic estuary]

there are zero people on the planet playing winterwind etude efficiently by learning it off YT, I can guarantee that

[atomic estuary]

yes but this is about your ceiling as a musician

copying YT vids will leave you hardstuck at a certain level forever

[atomic estuary]

you start with mega basic books

you can pirate pdfs online or we can suggest some

[neon mirage]

You’re right that’s what I feared

[atomic estuary]

but in the basic learning books, the "song" has like ten notes or smth

omega basic

cause its for people new to sheet music ofc

[neon mirage]

Ok I’ll try to check it out

[atomic estuary]

look into faber piano adventures

they have kid-oriented lesson books, which are nice cause they have colorful pictures

but they also have an adult edition that's more mature and has a lot more packed into one book, if you fancy that more

[neon mirage]

Is that online?

[atomic estuary]

use library genesis to pirate books (make sure you have adblock)

if you've never I can dm you the link

take a look at the pdf and if you like what you see I recommend buying a physical copy

[neon mirage]

Ok

Can you dm me the link?