*I have two electric guitars and a small amp that used to belong to my brother. Both of the guitars are missing strings, the black one it’s biggest string and the red(and black) one it’s smallest string (I don’t know the proper names of the strings). I don’t have any spare strings, I don’t know how to get new ones (yes, I have been to music store before when my brother used to play to buy strings, I just always got confused at all the different sizes and names and types, I would have no idea WHAT to buy) and I have no clue how to restring a guitar.

*I also don’t have a guitar tuner, so they are often out of tune. I do get the opportunity to retune them every once in a while, and do so every chance I get.

*I practice evey day, although for me that means listening to music as I practice to make sure I am playing the correct notes up to speed.

*I have a guitar pick, but I prefer to play without it. I mostly used it when I was just starting, and my fingers often got huge bubbly blister and hurt to much to play with. Now that my fingers are calloused I usually don’t use it.

*What I mainly want is to learn how to read music. My brother said I should learn tab, (what he started to learn), but I’d rather learn to read music properly.

My main problem is that I have no means of learning. I have pretty much infinite opportunity to play, having two electric guitars at my moms house and an electric and acoustic (missing a string) at my dads. I just am not able to be taught WHAT or HOW to play. No one in my family has any experience (except my brother) who stopped years ago and has now forgotten absolutely everything he learned.

I can’t afford lessons, and I don’t work well with books, (though I suppose I can use one when I have to). Also, I can’t take guitar at my school. I’ve tried to use YouTube videos (because people post lessons on there all the time) but they usually expect me to know certain things already, or don’t explain what I want to know.

I am a quick learner (when it comes to music), I have quick fingers (from playing piano), and I can play by ear (play a song just by listing to it once, usually), and I can sight read fairly well on the other instruments I play (perfectly on clarinet, fairly well on alto sax, and I’m improving on piano). So I am always getting better at guitar. My family doesn’t understand that even though I’m getting better, I’m only figuring out how to use the instrument really. Without a teacher, I can’t actually learn how to get good at it, or anything other than operating it. Like how to read music, among other things. The same thing happened when I learned piano, after I certain point I stopped making progress. I still practice and don’t degress, like my brother did with guitar, but I just can’t make progress anymore (with a half size keyboard without petals and absolutely ZERO touch sensitivity.

There is no way to convince my family I need lessons. Please just try to help me figure out what to do. I don’t want to learn how to play by ear at first without learning to read music. I did that with piano and screwed myself from th start. I had to unteach myself everything (a hard enough thing to do as is) and then reteach myself from square one. I want to learn properly this time!!!

SORRY MY QUESTION IS SO DARNED LONG. PLEASE READ IT OVER AND ANSWER.

(To make it a bit shorter for you, I put *’s beside the more important paragraphs. Also most of the stuff in brackets is unimportant. It’s just me going on about myself.)

i love music and i loooove to sing i listen to music all the time:) i play piano and i learn new songs on youtube i dont know how to read music tho (or not yet) but i look up tutorials for songs .is it a good skill to have by playing piano by ear without knowing how to read music? nd by the way i play really good thats what my friends and family say:) thnx
oh and i just know where the keys are too if ur wondering…? i memorize them i guess:)
nd yeah i do know how to read simple piano notes and what not i learned that but i think its easier to just listen nd look at tutorials:)

I play the piano, but play by ear. I’d like to it down in front of a music sheet and play away, but I don’t know know how to read music. Taking a class means money and time that I don’t have right now…any suggestions?

I have no clue how to read music but I can figure out songs to play by ear

I’ve never had piano lessons before, I play the trumpet so I know how to read music for the most part. I also always play video game music and really short songs I like on the piano by ear (both hands). But as you know, when you play by ear, sometimes its off or just really hard to figure out.

I was wondering, I’ve looked up this before on here but everyone was like "It’s horrible learning by yourself get a teacher, you’ll be much better." which I am sure is true, but since I can play with both hands, and by ear, would this give me a advantage for teaching myself?

Please give me your opinion. I also don’t have enough money for lessons so please don’t recommend that for me. =)

I’ve been playing around on my sisters keyboard for about 2 months now, and I’m really starting to get into it. I’ve started learning a few chords and I know the notes, you know C D E F G A B and stuff. I’ve started to learn a few song but some I get stuck and don’t finish them, I taught myself play guitar fairly well so I have learned some of the songs I know on guitar onto the piano by ear but its just very simple stuff. I am really getting frustrated with not finishing a song, I have learned parts of "Fur Elise" and "The River Flows In You" but i haven’t gotten far. I practice every day (I probably work harder at learning piano than I do with my school work), maybe I’m just getting to far ahead of myself? I don’t want to learn super easy songs like "twinkle twinkle little star" or "mary had a little lamb" I want something more challenging but not to hard, Do you know any songs that would be good for me to learn? Also I don’t know how to read music sheets and was wondering if that is something difficult to learn on your own (I bet if I could read them it would make things easier)? Also are there any websites that can help me with that?

I Thank You in advance, and apreciate any advice that might help me be a better pianist

I have been playing piano by ear since i can remember and writing songs before even then. I am a junior in high school and just started learning how to read music. Is it possible to get into a good music school without having the classical training all those stuck up rich kids claim you need? Or will shear talent, hard work, and heart be enough?

I need someone who can listen to a certain song I have and tell me the piano notes being played in it! Contact me and I’ll get you the song!
I need someone who can listen to a certain song I have and tell me the piano notes being played in it! Contact me and I’ll get you the song! And yes I know how to read music! The music is not available. I can do either notes or letters

I’m going to be in piano class next year, I can play piano by ear but I’m going to need to know how to read music for next year. Whats an effective way to learn how to read sheet music so that the notes come second nature to me without having to do any thinking to read the notes? And how can I learn everything such as time signatures, note durations etc…

I want to learn how to play the piano, but i dont want to be taught it, i want to learn songs by simply listening, or playing by ear as they say. I have learned the beginnings to some basic sings like Chariots of Fire, Faithfully (Journey), A Whole New World, etc. but im trying to learn the rest of the song and it seems pretty complicated. I used to play the violin so i know how to read music, but i dont know if piano notes are any different? So if anyone has any advice on how to learn the piano effectively this way, it would sure help! Thank you so much! God bless you all!