hi im new here in music section and im a newbie in keyboard that only noe how to play kiddies song ..can anyone recommend me to go music class like YAMAHA or find a personal teacher at home??? for music class i need to go 1utama to learn and is kind of inconvenience but for personal teacher i cant find a good one..btw im age 17+ now and i have a keyboard that worth Rm600+ at home

It is not encouraged to learn the piano with YAMAHA..

Mostly piano teachers are not hard to find unlike other instruments like violin, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, flute because piano don't require so much skills like other instruments example trumpet, your buzzing must be stable. Therefore, your lungs' volume must be trained and the muscle of your diaphragm must be trained too so that you can hit high notes and low notes. And also there is one thing called intonation which require your buzzing and your air to produce appropriate.

Just practice and practice and practice in front of the piano for hours.
Who knows you can finished grade 8 in years of time ?
Good luck in finding a good teacher.

And just a reference for you, my first month of learning the piano is RM75 which has 4 lessons per month and each lessons are 30 minutes long. I don't know if you can find such cheap and good tutor and I don't know if the price has hiked.

well i dont want to be a orchestra or smth it is just a interest that i only need someone to tutor me how to read notes and the basics..well i search some video on internet but i will not progress very fast lol bcuz my basic is =.= so anyone here can recommend me a good tutor?

This post has been edited by funfunkid: Jan 9 2011, 06:49 PM

Who says playing piano doesn't require skills? You heard wrongly my friend. There are a lot of techniques to apply when playing, and they all sound different. Why is it some people graduate grade 8, but can't play well, and some people can play really well? It's all technique!

This post has been edited by maeyi: Jan 10 2011, 06:55 PM

eh so hows is it actually??

pls giv me suggestion :

the hard way or the easy way

EASY: go to music class..YAMAHA nears my mom working place..so is quite convenience but need to wait heck long after class...and the price is..i bet most of the ppl noe..and 1 day per week..need to start from the very beginning means i need to take a long time to progress lol

HARD: find a tutor which is =.= very hard and some is very hard to trust especially in forums..need to ask relative to help finding a good personal tutor..but the good thing is can progress very fast unlike like YAMAHA which need to take a very long time to progress...

so which one is good??

Funfun kid, where do you live? Suggest to find a music center near your place for your convenience.
if you intend to learn piano and staying nearby bandar sri damansara area, you can try www.deciso.my

grade 1 -45mins RM90

hope that helps.

do it the hard way can save some time and money Its not easy to find a good teacher. Can I know where do you stay? Maybe from the place you stay, I might be able to recommend you some good music schools?

ps for late reply..obviously in malaysia and stay in old klang road taman sri sentosa which is KL

haha... funfunkid, there is one in PJ old town just 5min from ur house. interested?

Piano doesnt require much skills?? hehehe.....I think you better learn piano 1st!

@liez
juz wan to noe u are student or teacher(adult) @_@ either one also can..and if u can come to my house and teach me can u giv me more detail PM me also can

@Karenalvin
can tell me the price and time? ^^

This post has been edited by funfunkid: Jan 10 2011, 08:24 PM

beginner is rm100 a month for 30 min sessions, i think.

time ah, its a school so quite many slots. when are u free? i be there tmrw morning. u might wana drop by if u have time lo.

@Karenalvin
im juz a student lol need to ask my mom to confirm haha..and i didnt have car lols need to consider do i need to go the complicated way like learning from grade 13 to ??? lol im not good in this XD can i noe the registration fee and other cost O.O

This post has been edited by funfunkid: Jan 10 2011, 09:00 PM

grade 13?

@Karenalvin
i think is the lowest grade at YAMAHA bah..really not sure..so now is sch days there will be less student right?? and which day can i come and only pay rm100 per month o.o only 1 day per week..ur music shop name is??

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Added on January 10, 2011, 11:18 pm@maeyi

er i send u a pm..can tell me more clearly send me a pm

This post has been edited by funfunkid: Jan 10 2011, 11:18 PM

@Karenalvin
the Grade 13 in yamaha, if i'm not mistaken, that's the Special course for music teaching or something like that.
Grade 13 the lowest and grade 5 consider the top. And not many of them who can reach grade 1&2.

@funfunkid
For piano lessons, normally from grade 1-8, follow by pre-dip, atcl/alcm, ltcl/llcm

is there class for once in every 2 weeks or even once a month?

Its yamaha syllabus.

question time:

is pedal are good?? good for?????

Pedal is essential