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Concert Or Professional Pianists….?
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I have a question for anyone who is a concert or professional pianist.
I really have started to love the classics after getting into the Bastien intermediate level piano books. I am wondering, considering that I can’t play by ear, is it possible for me to really ever learn to play the classics. I can play the melody of a song on the flute and piano by ear, but I can’t seem to put chords together to save my life (I can improvise hymns to some extent, though)
Have any of you learned this without being able to play by ear, or do you know anyone who has? Thanks so much.
I really want to learn to play classical music, but I don’t want to just botch them all up, and I want to know if I am wasting my time or not trying to learn. Thanks agan!
2 Comments so far
Classical music is not about playing by ear. You need to read music.
It is not necessary to have the ability to play by ear in order to play the classics. You just learn the music as written.
I was a pianist and musical director for many years, and outside of being able to do some basic chord progressions, I’ve never been able to “get away from the dots.”