hello from germany:)

hi guys, my name is andi and i come from germany/bonn (beethoven was born here, i was visiting his house last week). ^^

dont worry about my bad english, i try to do my best!

i "play" piano since 1 week, so i am a really beginner, but with the help from andrew i can now read notes(slowly^^) and i am learning "fur elise" and "requiem for a dream".

i cant work since 1 month (motorcycle accident)so i have all the day time to learn, actually i learn 10-12 hours a day. no joke.


anyway... i am going to practice now, cu!

Hi there
Welcome ^^

You WILL get injured with 10-12 hours a day!!!!!!!!!!! hehe
Advanced players in top schools ect are being held back from practicing more that 6hours to avoid injuries!
Just so you know!

wahhh!!!!!! 10-12 hours!!.. ull surely get injured there.. last day i tried to practice 3-5 hrs i played canon and fur elise only that time and after that i felt that the muscles between my fingers are stretched(i dont know why maybe becous of the E to E of fur elise).. but you wahhhh.. you're hands are heavy duty im amazed !!

yea i have to agree 10-12 hours per day is WAYY to much. If you still have time to kill and want to sink it into music, you could balance yourself out by learning music theory and taking a break for your hands every 15-20 minutes for maybe 10 minutes long. I'd practise at most 3 hours a day and slowly build it up to 4-5 hours a day tops.

You can still practise music without playing notes though.

Welcome to the forum!!!

WOOH..!!
oh my god but this will let u learn fast ?? right or im wrong ??!

music theory and note learning are within the 10-12 hours. i am not playing all the time.

but i dont have any problems with my hands or fingers.. dont know what you all mean.

and i dont know if i am learning fast or slow.. i hope its fast lol

well u r trying ur best it has be fast
take care

hi Schoffo ich bin auch deutsch xD aber nur 14 :/ naja wenigstens bin ich nciht alleine naja /// sorry andrew and people for speakin german is it a problem? post me plz

oh my god u r fooling us.just kidding.
but why not writting in english so we can share our ideas and talk.
its up to u.

ohh sooorry ^^ well i said: hi schoffo im german too xD but onyl 14 (years old) , well at least i'm not lonely

juniorandrew xD wrote:hi Schoffo ich bin auch deutsch xD aber nur 14 :/ naja wenigstens bin ich nciht alleine naja /// sorry andrew and people for speakin german is it a problem? post me plz

Hehe I'm learning deutsch in University...going to Germany in August...and guess where?Leipzig!

juniorandrew xD wrote:ohh sooorry ^^ well i said: hi schoffo im german too xD but onyl 14 (years old) , well at least i'm not lonely

Oh my dear u r not alone we are all here together..if u need any help just say, everybody here will help..
take care.

sei froh, dass du erst bzw. noch 14 bist, ich bin mit 24 schon fast zu alt um sowas zu lernen. *hust*

(be glad that youre 14, its easier to learn for you. with 24 its much harder to learn piano playing *cough*)

i like the way u r writing with (translation)

Schoffo wrote:sei froh, dass du erst bzw. noch 14 bist, ich bin mit 24 schon fast zu alt um sowas zu lernen. *hust*

(be glad that youre 14, its easier to learn for you. with 24 its much harder to learn piano playing *cough*)

Hehe Im 24, I think our maturity might get us easier on the way?! And that a 14year old would probably need a teacher right away to avoid lots of traps

xD true^^ aber Schoffo du kannst noch was werden immerhin waren Beethoven und so auch ganz alt ^^

(but Schoffo u can still play [maybe a bit different] , because Beethoven was old too ^^)

juniorandrew xD wrote:xD true^^ aber Schoffo du kannst noch was werden immerhin waren Beethoven und so auch ganz alt ^^

(but Schoffo u can still play [maybe a bit different] , because Beethoven was old too ^^)

Hehe?? Didnt Beethoven start when he was 6? I think his alcoholic father forced him to practice lots and lots of hours everyday!

OmG really? oO terrible.. but he was a genius !

juniorandrew xD wrote:OmG really? oO terrible.. but he was a genius !

Yeah.

from WIKI:

Beethoven's first music teacher was his father. A traditional belief concerning Johann is that he was a harsh instructor, and that the child Beethoven, "made to stand at the keyboard, was often in tears". Concerning this, the New Grove indicates that there is no solid documentation to support it, and asserts that "speculation and myth-making have both been productive."[2] Beethoven had other local teachers as well: the court organist van den Eeden, Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer (a family friend, who taught Beethoven piano), and a relative, Franz Rovantini (violin and viola).[2] His musical talent manifested itself early—apparently he was advanced enough to perform at the age of nine, not seven as popularly believed.

I´m german ,too.I´ve asked me , if theres is no other german in this forum^^but know........I knew that some germans are outside there!!!!!!WUHU
übrigens bin ich 14 und komm aus der nähe von koblenz alo gar nich mal so weit weg von bonn kannst ja mal ne PN schicken

So to sum it up Germans like the piano xDDDD
seems like I have a good basis for learning how to play piano xD