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Really? I guess everyone is different but I get absolutely nothing from those types of videos and I've tried a few times. How do you do actually use these vid

by derriz 6y ago

Really? I guess everyone is different but I get absolutely nothing from those types of videos and I've tried a few times. How do you do actually use these videos in practice? They provide no key signature, timing, chord, fingering or expression information at all? It's just pitch and duration on a fast scrolling marquee. It feels like like trying to read a book when someone else who reads at a different pace keeps turning the pages. My preference is the standard youtube "piano lesson" format - someone sitting at the keys who plays it once and then breaks the piece down into digestible chunks, explains a bit of theory/musical context, provides fingering advice, goes over the harder parts, etc. If not that, then traditional sheet even though I'm useless at sight reading but at least, given time, I can work it out.

snarfy 6y ago
I've been playing long enough I can usually pick up a melody by ear, but sometimes it is transposed. Even without a key signature the videos help knowing what key it's in. Timing and expression are in the actual audio, so for me it's not needed in the display. I'm trying to play it how I hear it, not how I see it.
- derriz 6y ago
  I also have an ok ear for melody and given a bit of time can usually come up with some sort of harmonisation so I get learning by ear. But for me that process is about listening to the music or replaying it mentally. I don't get what this seemingly popular falling note/guitar hero style display brings? You mention that you use it to tell the scales used in a piece? To me, the "falling note" representation is a poor and indirect way to communicate that information.
  - snarfy 6y ago
    For me there is nothing indirect about it. The falling notes point directly at which key on the piano to press. I can hear it's a I, IV, V, VI progression, but I might not recognize it's in the key of A#. With the falling notes, I see the first chord is A#. I might get that from sheet music too, but it's a lot harder to decipher.

by derriz 6y ago

snarfy 6y ago

I've been playing long enough I can usually pick up a melody by ear, but sometimes it is transposed. Even without a key signature the videos help knowing what key it's in. Timing and expression are in the actual audio, so for me it's not needed in the display. I'm trying to play it how I hear it, not how I see it.

derriz 6y ago
I also have an ok ear for melody and given a bit of time can usually come up with some sort of harmonisation so I get learning by ear. But for me that process is about listening to the music or replaying it mentally. I don't get what this seemingly popular falling note/guitar hero style display brings? You mention that you use it to tell the scales used in a piece? To me, the "falling note" representation is a poor and indirect way to communicate that information.
- snarfy 6y ago
  For me there is nothing indirect about it. The falling notes point directly at which key on the piano to press. I can hear it's a I, IV, V, VI progression, but I might not recognize it's in the key of A#. With the falling notes, I see the first chord is A#. I might get that from sheet music too, but it's a lot harder to decipher.