On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:50:59PM +0530, Madhu Menon wrote:
What resources are you using to learn?
Just books. I already play guitar, but my grasp of theory is rudimentary, so I basically had to start sight-reading from scratch. I bought the two volumes of "Bastien piano for adults" so I can follow the basic exercises. I found this YouTube channel[1] which is amazing: basically and old guy that is going through these method books one song at a time. That way I can see how he plays it and correct any mistakes after I tried by myself.
I also got a copy of "The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 exercises"[2] so that I can do something completely mechanical to give my fingers a bit of strength and dexterity. I practice one hour a day (sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less) and I can definitely see improvements.
My objective for this year is to finish the method books and, perhaps, play a couple of songs from a Joe Hisaishi songbook that I also got second-hand. Sonatine[3] and Kikujiro[4] would be nice :-)
Cheers, [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeSnI-BmRMkxURGZ7nHtzQ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virtuoso_Pianist_in_60_Exercises [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSLlX4czsZA [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0GN40EL1VU -- José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org
