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The key signatures look obvious after years of playing but at first to a newbie, they are a mystery. My dear friend has been playing for about 6 months. He was over last night and we were looking at music. He's just starting a G major piece with 1 sharp. I explained the simple logic of key signatures but it was tough for him to grasp how it works. Black keys "seem" hard the first time and he's probably thinking too much about all of that and getting frustrated.

There are books with the scales for each key written out. I'm wondering if writing out the scales might help to understand how the key system works??

Writing out music always forces us to look more at the detail. I started to do this and was shocked how much I didn't know, so I think this is a great idea.

That's a bad day on a bicycle.

malkin

Hahahah! +1

OP Gabriellaa, it seems, has gotten three flats on her way back to the ABF. Nothing but crickets from her for almost a week.

Wish I had a buck for every thread started by a disappearing new player asking for help. Someone at PW came up with an acronym for the phenomenon, but I can't recall it.

Something like NBCS..... (Nothing But Crickets Syndrome)??

JimF,
It's a shame that more people don't stick with it, because playing the piano is one of the most fun things one can do in this world (at least I think so . I do understand it though. Playing may be fun, learning to play can be less so. It takes countless hours of (often extremely frustrating) practice. It's huge work. Most people just don't have the perseverance, or perhaps in many cases the time or energy, to stick with it.

I don't have kids, but if I did, they would play piano every day (though if they really fell in love with another instrument that would be o.k. instead). Some people say that you shouldn't force kids to play music, but I disagree. To me that's like saying you shouldn't force kids to learn math or english. Oh well, opinions vary.

Warm Regards,

Thank you for all your answers...
I've been on vacation, so haven't really had time to follow up this thread..
I definitely still have so much to learn though... Where should I even start? :P
Any sites that would be great for explaining sheet music so that I can understand better? Sorry about my english.

JimF : ???

Hi Gabriellaa,

Glad to see you back at ABF. If you are just starting out learning to read music, you may want to start with one of the graded series such as Alfred Adult All-in-One, or Faber's Piano Adventures. As you have said, there are lots of little things to learn about that appear quite mysterious and confusing at first.....key signatures, note values, time signatures....it is a long list. The graded series books introduce these topics in a thoughtful, logical way (hopefully) so that it is easier to absorb. You can find them on Amazon and there are many threads about them here on ABF.

Welcome to pianoworld and the ABF forum. You are embarking on a really fun journey. Enjoy the ride.