A Mark In Time

General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: JF on June 12, 2014, 10:55:13 PM

Title: Playing piano
Post by: JF on June 12, 2014, 10:55:13 PM
before playing guitar, I was playing piano. I learned it during 4 years, and then played it in a band, but it was 30 years ago.

when my eldest daughter started to play piano 4 years ago, I came back to the instrument and started to play again, but not really seriously, just improvising and playing songs melodies with basic chords.

this year I proposed her to play a 4 hands piece, and her teacher gave us the "dolly" lullaby by Faur
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: Knopflerfan on June 13, 2014, 08:42:35 AM
Woooohoooo -  good for you both! Just goes to prove that if you've got it you never lose it!!

Well done.... ;)
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: dmg on June 13, 2014, 02:32:44 PM
Yeah, great stuff!  Not an expert by any means but one piece of playing on the piano I really enjoyed was on the theme to the film Billion Dollar Brain by Richard Rodney Bennett.  The opening titles (by Maurice Binder of 007 fame) are great too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efvhQ8kWIEY

Sorry, yt preview not working.  ???
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: JF on June 14, 2014, 12:01:52 PM
thanks for comments, I forgot to mention :
 on "Dolly" I play the "seconda" part while my daughter plays the "prima" part
and the "seconda" is more difficult   ;)
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: ferguitar on June 15, 2014, 10:39:16 PM
Very beautiful, congrats!! I would love to learn to play the piano...
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: Lis on June 18, 2014, 11:10:29 PM
Beautiful!!  And what a great project for you and your daughter.  :D
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: JF on June 19, 2014, 10:34:46 PM
Quote from: Lis on June 18, 2014, 11:10:29 PM
Beautiful!!  And what a great project for you and your daughter.  :D

thanks Lis, yes it's a nice feeling to play music with your children... :)
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: JF on June 19, 2014, 10:38:19 PM
Quote from: ferguitar on June 15, 2014, 10:39:16 PM
Very beautiful, congrats!! I would love to learn to play the piano...

thanks
well if I managed to learn guitar tadily (after 18 years old), you can surely learn to play piano
Title: Re: Playing piano
Post by: vgonis on June 30, 2014, 08:25:30 PM
Great JF! Bravo! My little ones are too small to learn the guitar and then teach me!