First of Hi to everyone!
My name is Skögul, I am a new mommy(not really cause my daughter is 10 months old, lol) and well my daughter loves listening to music, mainly that of the .hack//sign anime series and I would love to play some of the songs for her.

Anyways I was wanting to learn how to play piano, problem is I cant spend much money on a piano and was looking for some sort of free program(that sounds good) where I could play on my PC.
Also I cant read sheet music, but I've been "googling" for tutorials (since I dont know anyone that plays piano) does anyone know of any tutorials.

First of Hi to everyone!
My name is Skögul, I am a new mommy(not really cause my daughter is 10 months old, lol) and well my daughter loves listening to music, mainly that of the .hack//sign anime series and I would love to play some of the songs for her.

Anyways I was wanting to learn how to play piano, problem is I cant spend much money on a piano and was looking for some sort of free program(that sounds good) where I could play on my PC.
Also I cant read sheet music, but I've been "googling" for tutorials (since I dont know anyone that plays piano) does anyone know of any tutorials.

???????????????? play piano on a PC??????:huh: PLz clarify. I haven't heard anything like that before. As for tutorials, hmmm..... i'll try and find some good ones or else try and create one on a new thread. Here's one that i have heard of but never really tried since i already play piano. http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/a2683-how-to-read-sheet-music.html

she's talking about some kind of program that emulates the piano

There are two things I can think of right now. one is Virtual Keyboard on newgrounds, and KBPiano.

she's talking about some kind of program that emulates the piano

There are two things I can think of right now. one is Virtual Keyboard on newgrounds, and KBPiano.

oh ok. I have never heard of a program that emulates a piano.

You can look for a keyboard which will be cheaper than a real piano if you can't invest too much money. I would recommend you to try to look for one with weighted keys (Sensible to the touch).

I don't know of any free software where you can play music on it with the computer keyboard. I know there are some but I don't know where. Anyway you won't get any good thing with this nor play something decent.

On this page you can learn the basic of music theory:
www.teoria.com

You can look for a keyboard which will be cheaper than a real piano if you can't invest too much money. I would recommend you to try to look for one with weighted keys (Sensible to the touch).



Thanks, I'll take a look for some that I could afford.

And thank you every one else for trying to help.

I would recommend also to go to a store and not buy online, the only reason for this is because you in a store will be allowed to check the sound quality of the keyboard and play it for some minutes and compare with others too. Also to see which one is more comfortable for you. Here are links that may help you better:

http://www.ukpianos.co.uk/digital-pianos.html
http://www.ukpianos.co.uk/digital-pianos-which-brand-should-i-buy.html
http://pianoandsynth.com/2007/03/04/things-to-consider-before-you-choose-your-digital-piano-keyboard
http://www.pianoworld.com/

I'll probably post up some stuff on reading sheet music in this thread some time within the next three weeks. How much do you know about reading music? Is there something specific that you want in the thread?

heres an in depth explanation of the two clefs


this is a treble clef
http://www.nowhere.ca/images/trebleclef.gif
this is a bass clef
http://www.theronhatch.com/blog/icontact/archives/images/bassclef1.jpg
generally, the treble clef is the parts you play with your right hand, and the bass for your left

the treble notes from the bottom line of the staff to the top are "E,G,B,D,F." one way to remember that, is simply "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge." you can make up anything else to remember it, but thats how I learned it.

the 4 spaces of the staff are simply FACE.


now onto the bass lines

the 5 lines for the bass are "GBDFA." the way I remembered it is "Good Boy Deserve Fudge Always"

the Spaces are "ACEG" or "All Cows Eat Grass."

I hope that wasn't too confusing.

the treble notes from the bottom line of the staff to the top are "E,G,B,D,F." one way to remember that, is simply "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge." you can make up anything else to remember it, but thats how I learned it.

you mean the lines of the treble clef:P.

I meant from the bottom up. and line is bolded as to show it's from the lines and not the spaces.

i know it's just not extremely clear so i was specifying. :P
Anyway's here's another good tutorial.
http://www.musicmasterworks.com/ReadingSheetMusic.htm

Thanks for all the help you guys

yeah no problem.