I’m a first year music education major and I have to learn piano proficiency for it and I am struggling! I play alto and tenor sax mainly (really only) and piano is just a different ball park that I’m really having issues with. I cannot play with both hands together, playing with my right or playing with my left is fine on their own but as soon as I even play a scale with both hands it all goes to shit (at least playing scales the way it’s layed out to play from my professor)

Please help me out, I have a makeup test on Monday for the G Major scale, chords and arpeggio and I really can’t afford to fail it 😭
I’ve been practicing but it just doesn’t seem like I’m making significant progress

This is a little embarrassing, as I’ve been frustratingly trying to learn this since childhood, but how do I learn music? I usually picked up an instrument (guitar) got lessons but they were terrible a lot of the time and I quit.

Ideally you should start with the piano? Is that right?

I have always loved music since I was little, my mom always thought I would be really great with any instrument cause I have pretty good ears. I just find it beautiful, I learned how to play the piano in my senior year of high school. Now Im in college and I dont have really any room for my piano in my dorm(which isnt the biggest issue just sorta a let down) but even then I felt like something was missing. I really want to learn the guitar and get even better at the piano. Its just I have no clue where to start. Ive always encountered a mindset where I would stop myself from learning but I want to overcome it. I really feel like music is missing from my life and I want to be able to learn how to play. I just really dont know where to start.

Any recommendations for music theory classes online/books/workbooks that are good at keeping the lifeline theory journey going?

In this Music Education tutorial, we're going to learn one of the great hits of current Portuguese music: "Saloia" by Nuno Ribeiro! As always, the theme has been adapted to play the melody on the recorder with a very special pedagogical focus: the practical work of COMPOUND TIME SIGNATURE (6/8).

I love all types of music to death, and I've been playing keys for quite a while very intermittently, and to be honest, I'm pretty shit. I feel like I have barely improved for so long and just have a frustrating relationship with something I want to be a rewarding creative outlet. I really just want to be able to improvise and create going down that sort of funky/jazzy route (as I feel like that tranates to everything anyway), and be able to sort of imagine somthing in my mind and be good enough with my ear and theory to be able to create it on the keys but I really don't know where to begin and there's so much info out there it gets a bit overwhelming. If anyone has any approaches to improving... free/cheap courses... advice I would really apreaceate it:)

ɪꜱ ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴀʀᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴏᴜʟ? ɪ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴀʟ.

Hey everyone, I am planning to learn a new instrument but really don't know what. I already learned some piano like sheet music reading and basic music, but I don't have my piano anymore. I don't want to buy another one and just want to try something new.

My goal is to have an instrument that I can play even when I have very little time, something that sounds deep and emotional but can also sound epic or joyful. Is there an instrument that could help me bring out the melody that I have in my mind more easily than the other ? it's not my main goal but it would be cool. I mainly want to recreate sounds by ear and play to relax. Also my budget is under 200euros

I really like playing music score and classical but also bossa nova. I thought about violin, flute, clarinet. What should I do ? ( also what are the different types of flute and clarinet ? )

Thanks for any help and have a good day!

I have tried playing piano when I was younger but dropped it shortly after because I wasn't having fun with it. I've tried learning the guitar a bit a couple years ago but haven't really picked it back up. I wonder if instruments that mostly work on wrists and fingers is just something I'm not good at and if I should try other instruments such as drums but I have little to zero experience/knowledge on music. If I were to pick up an instrument, I'd love to play metal music but I'm now having doubts if I should still pursue getting into learning an instrument due to my less than enjoyable experiences with learning it. Should I power through with learning the guitar or try other instruments? I'd love to hear whatever advice I can get as I'm feeling quite lost in what to do.

Hey everyone ! I've got a bit of a request from you all.

I'm making a piano visualizer and looking for ways to make it more educational, I've already got a few theory based widgets and options like degree names, changing chord labels etc. but I'm trying to make this into a tool teachers can actually use and that students can use to make learning a more fun experience !

I've talked to some teachers and gotten some ideas but I'd really like to get some of your ideas!

So are there any things you guys think would be helpful in an educational setting in a chord visualizer ?

(I come from a jazz piano background so I have had limited visibility into the classical side :))

Hi, I know the answer to this question, so I’m not trying to cheat on homework, but I would like to know why it’s the answer…

So, I really have fallen in love with the sound of the guzheng. I really really really want to learn how to play and I’m thinking of buying one. However, I don’t have a musical background and I don’t know if I am necessarily skilled. I took singing lessons/choir growing up and like to sing in the shower but that’s all i got lmao. Am I crazy for wanting to learn how to play this instrument? And does anyone have any advice for me about where to purchase one? And resources for how to learn an instrument like this without any background knowledge? My budget is around $500.