exact chords and notes? yup, i do that!

the simples way to get the exact chord is follow this format
1) first if it is a C sounding chord, u play C G C, u dont need care whether its Minor or major.
2) next u find the root of the chord, eg C/G
3) later only u find out wheteher there is a suspension or augmented,dimmished, diatonic, etc etc blah blah

joining yamaha courses improve ur hearing,sight reading etc etc but not ur piano skill
joining piano courses improves ur playing skill

Some who join piano course can play from sheet but terrible at hearing
some who join yamaha course have good hearing but bad piano playing

a combination of both=

my classes schelude are all together XD 12pm-3pm ( lol, non-stop )
12-1pm= yamaha
1-2pm= theory
2-3pm= pratical

LOL...

my fees my mom see want to do, especially 2 months-3months never pay.

U count:-
yamaha fees( higher musician course) rm180
grd 8- rm150( if not wrong)
violin X2( double lesson) rm120
rm450 per month ( excluding books XD)
ahahhaa, rm450 for small town in kedah, imagine if i live in KL, my parents will be dead in debts XD

eh last time +electric guitar fees is rm520+++ LOL

haha, when my friends ask me how, after 10min of explaining. they reply with a "huh?".

LOL. hearing must be train and not to be taught by words XD

yup, cause they singing songs are only co-existing as 2 keys : major and minor.
when they are major sounding, usually they are root chords or major chords, I, IV, V
when they are singing minor, it is III, VI

usually a song chord cadence goes like this, I-VI( major to minor), I-V(major to major), III-VI( minor to minor), IV-V, VI-IV etc etc

Example
C Am
i saw a monkey, jump over the wall
F G
i saw a monkey Jump

chorus

Am F
i took a stick, and poke it down

C G
well, that is the end of the song

im saying in a scale only got major or minor sounding ma XD so if not major sound means minor sound lo XD

lol

I ii iii IV V vi vii

wat to do. music education is expensive.
i already minus guitar fees lol. everytime my mom nv pay 2-3month, she see the bill want to faint

my music teacher studied in london. he encorage me to strive hard to excel. do not close ourself in a small enviroment. Expose more. Anne perreau gave me the same advice too.
i highly agree on that!
studying overseas birngs more knowlege of music comparing than learning only in malaysia.
we are expose more, we meet more people, and we learn new things.
We meet great teachers in oversea college/uni.

We must strive for our best to enter great colleges and university.
doing only diploma wont get u more knowlege comparing to studying oversea college/uni.
why do we need to bother about those diploma who can play? that is their problem.
I seen many grd 8 and diploma who cant play.

but why compare ourself to those who cant play, when we need to compare ourself to the best?
if we do so, we will strive for the best we can!

cello, please take this opinion of mine seriously, :" studying oversea college/uni will really bring us much closer to understanding of music and enhancing our passion, bringing us to a new level of knowlege, and understanding a new enviroment, and meeting new people."

its not about the cert, the cert certify that we suceeded thats all, is what we learn that counts!

why do you bother bout the other 90% what we need to do for ourself is important!

that 90% might be becuase their parents force them to learn or anything else, why do we need to care?

Is like going to school, where 70% of your freind dont like to study and dont want go college, does that stop you from going collge?

agree on that.

my mom told me last time that some bosses dont care what you study, as long u have a firm basic education and a come from a good college/uni, they will accept you.
I ask why?

she said that it is because those students are more expose to the world, they are more sociallable, they have meet many people in their life, they can take risk, they know how to work in a team, and they understand all sorts of thing which a person who nv enter college/uni knows.

that wats makes a college/uni student special and difrent.

my mom works in bank. so she selects ppl from interview.

well, i guess its last time too
cause my mom said this when i was standard 3 or something XD

Based on her experince i think

wow
A romantic and classical listener !!
these days not many ppl listen to chopins and rach!!!

good luck learning the piano in the future! highly recomend!!!

so touch...........almost cry.
she really is what ppl define as a "prodigy".

a real life angel from heaven .

she was not scared even on stage or tv!

no offense but wondering, they didnt mention something, where did she first play the piano when her parents dont know music?

ya ,i was like.....OMG...........its incredible. i saved up the video and showed it to my friends on my psp.
its just incredibly to have such beautiful gifts. eventhou she lack something, she was given something far more better!

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Added on April 18, 2008, 9:29 pmanybody can share with me nice cadenza for me to play?

This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 18 2008, 09:29 PM

Its perfect except for the left hand seems too loud.

or maybe because the camera is place too near to the left hand

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Added on April 21, 2008, 3:59 pmwow, not bad

This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 21 2008, 03:59 PM

my second hand piano is a yamaha and is 10k. i think i bought it like 7-8 years ago.
my piano keys are damn heavy and hard, so when i go lesson, the piano are way easier to play, which is a good thing.

is all based on prefernce, test before buy

yamaha piano have always been expensive.

Yamah range is 10k++

kawai is 5k++

grand piano is 30k++

actually, based on my OPINION.

yamaha keys are always heavier and harder than kawai.

yamaha piano have usually been better than kawai.

either way, both are very good piano except that yamaha is always more famous and more "Welcomed" around people.

anyway, dont listen to the crap the salesman talk to u, they will tell you shyt about the piano which they cant seell like, "THis has rich-tone, warm sound etc etc'

u dont listen to them and buy urself.

if u can buy straight from the boss( if u know any ), then u can skip the salesman's commision.

i recomend u buy from someone you know, or elsee they will potong ur neck

welcome~~!!
if you want to improve, always play RIght hand, then play left hand. when both are good, then you can play them togther. is no point if u 1 time play both hand on the first try cause it will slow down your pratise.

manage your time and practise constantly everyday.
if u play 7 times a week X 365=2555 times u practise
if u practise 1 time a week in lesson X 365= you play 365 times per year.
if u draw a graft of tens years, u would be far mooooreee greater XD

anyway, god luck

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Added on April 23, 2008, 3:16 pmi have a very good teacher so i never experince this thou.

he will take me to workshop like penang, alor star etc etc. if got time, he will take me arond places, all he will call people to give us workshop( he called anne perreau tat day, u dono her, then good luck finding out : here's a tips, she teachers and educate "prodigies").

Anyway, his a very good teacher, somemore next week ask me go down penang and take me kai kai for 1 day and he will discuss wat holds in the future, which college/uni to go in oversea etc etc.

lucky to get such a good teacher

This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 23 2008, 03:16 PM

good music teacher? based on luck lol.

I know got 1 place good, Anne Perreau studio. their teacher are all proffesional. but i dont think they will deal with you, they train prodigies, and enter them for audition to get schoolarship to enter oversea university before the age of 13.

but they have the few best/or good teachers in malaysia who all obtain honours(first class upper) from oversea universities.

i think jay played 1-2chords for guitar part in the mtv, so fake XD

ya, just for The music video.