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How to play guitar. I'm in my 60s, but it's never too late to learn how to shred or shoe-gaze. Similarly, 30+ years ago I learned how to ride a motorcycle, and

by kabdib 4y ago

How to play guitar. I'm in my 60s, but it's never too late to learn how to shred or shoe-gaze. Similarly, 30+ years ago I learned how to ride a motorcycle, and rode for 30 years without crashing. It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. I recently sold the bikes and gear, it's just too risky at my age.

adriand 4y ago
> It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. Totally agree. I’m also learning guitar and I started with an acoustic and have continued with it because, even though I borrowed a friends electric, there is something awesome and refreshing about a practice so far from computing that it doesn’t even require a power source.
haihaibye 4y ago
Piano. 43 now, played maybe 2 years in primary school. My partner got a good quality electric one with headphones. This led me to start as I could practice at night while the kids slept, and not be embarrassed sucking and/or driving people insane doing exercises/ scales
- poglet 4y ago
  Can you talk about how you are going about learning the piano? Ie. What study materials and how much practice you do? Piano is something I would love to learn too.
  - haihaibye 4y ago
    I'm working my way through Alfred's basic adult Piano Course. I like how it also teaches music theory. https://www.alfred.com/alfreds-basic-adult-piano-course-lesson-book-1/p/00-2236/ https://www.alfred.com/alfreds-basic-adult-piano-course-less... I went through it page by page, each day I started I'd go back maybe 5-10 pages. I do contrawise 2 handed scales as a warm up. I've been approaching it as work (ie concentrate hard, do deliberate practice not messing around) and have seen really fast improvement. I practice maybe 30 mins 5 days a week. I'll also just have fun - I just try and play the songs I really like (Greensleeves, Scarborough fair, House of the rising sun, Canon in D etc) until they're really good. I can (barely) play Canon in D after maybe a month (though I played Violin for 5 years and piano for 2 as a kid) If I don't know a song, I'll google it before tackling it as I find that makes it way easier, eg here's Canon in D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRYPg5dwss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRYPg5dwss You can also download sheet music, eg Aphex Twin, and easy version of Europe's the final countdown etc which is pretty fun to play as a synth. Good luck!
    - ParallelThread 4y ago
      What brand piano are you using?
      - haihaibye 4y ago
        Kawai KDP120
nb_key 4y ago
Are you self-teaching? If yes, which resource are you using since I am also thinking of learning it?
derwiki 4y ago
Also learning guitar! After 7 years of piano lessons, I am shocked how much different it feels to learn guitar To sibling threads that ask about self-taught: I highly recommend group Zoom guitar lessons at the very least. Holds you accountable, you can ask questions, and you don’t have to chart your own study course.

by kabdib 4y ago

adriand 4y ago

> It was great having a hobby that had absolutely nothing to do with computers. Totally agree. I’m also learning guitar and I started with an acoustic and have continued with it because, even though I borrowed a friends electric, there is something awesome and refreshing about a practice so far from computing that it doesn’t even require a power source.

haihaibye 4y ago

Piano. 43 now, played maybe 2 years in primary school. My partner got a good quality electric one with headphones. This led me to start as I could practice at night while the kids slept, and not be embarrassed sucking and/or driving people insane doing exercises/ scales

poglet 4y ago
Can you talk about how you are going about learning the piano? Ie. What study materials and how much practice you do? Piano is something I would love to learn too.
- haihaibye 4y ago
  I'm working my way through Alfred's basic adult Piano Course. I like how it also teaches music theory. https://www.alfred.com/alfreds-basic-adult-piano-course-lesson-book-1/p/00-2236/ https://www.alfred.com/alfreds-basic-adult-piano-course-less... I went through it page by page, each day I started I'd go back maybe 5-10 pages. I do contrawise 2 handed scales as a warm up. I've been approaching it as work (ie concentrate hard, do deliberate practice not messing around) and have seen really fast improvement. I practice maybe 30 mins 5 days a week. I'll also just have fun - I just try and play the songs I really like (Greensleeves, Scarborough fair, House of the rising sun, Canon in D etc) until they're really good. I can (barely) play Canon in D after maybe a month (though I played Violin for 5 years and piano for 2 as a kid) If I don't know a song, I'll google it before tackling it as I find that makes it way easier, eg here's Canon in D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRYPg5dwss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRYPg5dwss You can also download sheet music, eg Aphex Twin, and easy version of Europe's the final countdown etc which is pretty fun to play as a synth. Good luck!
  - ParallelThread 4y ago
    What brand piano are you using?
    - haihaibye 4y ago
      Kawai KDP120

nb_key 4y ago

Are you self-teaching? If yes, which resource are you using since I am also thinking of learning it?

derwiki 4y ago

Also learning guitar! After 7 years of piano lessons, I am shocked how much different it feels to learn guitar To sibling threads that ask about self-taught: I highly recommend group Zoom guitar lessons at the very least. Holds you accountable, you can ask questions, and you don’t have to chart your own study course.