I have been taking piano lessons for about a year, and one of my main issues is holding down notes for their required amount of beats. I usually end up speeding through quarter notes and not playing eighth notes fast enough. I also find myself pausing between bar lines. Does anyone have any tips to help me fix this?

I attended Bach to Rock as an adult a couple years ago and loved it. My drum teacher also listened to punk as well as tons of other genres. He taught me to read music first, grip, timing - the basics. Then life got really busy with my two young sons and momming came first so I had to stop.

I recently joined School of Rock because we moved and my teacher was trained in opera but knew how to play drums. He basically would do something on the drums and then say, "now you do it." I don't learn like that. Does anyone? I kept telling him I needed to learn the drum music again to know how to play but he just kept putting on drum tabs (to Zombie specifically) and I was like, I don't remember any of the music I need to learn that first!

Is this a Bach to Rock vs. School of Rock thing? Was it just the teacher? I feel like anyone learning a new instrument needs to start with learning how to read the music.

I’m currently learning to sing, and I’ve been experimenting with a new way to practice pitch.
I generated a reference version of Scarborough Fair using a model trained on my own voice, so it sounds roughly like me but sings the notes much more accurately. Then I compare it with my actual singing and try to sing along with the reference.

The interesting thing is that the pitch seems very accurate, but the generated vocal still sounds a little strange and unnatural to me.

I’m wondering:
Can you hear what sounds “off” about the generated version?
More importantly, do you think practicing this way could actually help with pitch accuracy?

My idea is that hearing a more accurate version in a voice similar to my own might make it easier to notice where I’m going flat or sharp.

Curious if anyone here has tried something similar, or if there are any downsides to practicing this way.

I know a music sheet tells you how long each note is, but how long is 1 single time increment? Music theory, how to keep the exact same pace, ect. Also how to translate music sheets to other instruments or do you have to find the music sheet for your instrument? How to memorize the place of notes easier? I can play the notes but keep forgetting where they are when it’s time to play them

I’m breaking down important terms and concepts in a simple straightforward way! Trying to help any beginners. If there are any concepts you think I should cover, let me know!

https://youtube.com/shorts/FmgjiQe1jtg?is=Eb1_pU9-QGV7tbMs

Hello everyone! I’m running a Music PR & Marketing Workshop from 4–6 September in NW London.

It’s a practical 3-day workshop covering things like music PR, marketing, storytelling, campaign planning and how to actually get your music in front of the right people.

We had a really good response to the last one, so we’re opening up another cohort and I thought it might be something you would be interested in.

The registration link is below if you’d like to participate:

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Please help.

Hi,

I'm in my 50s, and am thinking about finally trying to learn an instrument (perhaps violin). I have no illusions about becoming an expert, it's just for my own enrichment. But I have ZERO experience. No lessons as a kid, and I can't read music. Any school music "class" when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s (NYC public school) was more like a raucous babysitting experience for the poor teachers, rather than something that actually taught us.

Before even attempting actual instrument lessons, I'd like to at least get a decent baseline knowledge of how to read music. It seems like I could accomplish that much on my own without having to pay someone to hold my hand. Funds are limited.

Is there a good app or online course you'd recommend for an adult learning at their own pace? Preferably something that pairs reading music with actual sound clips as examples?

Is there anything small or big you noticed which changed ? And this is directed towards experienced and beginners (processionals and hobby musicians also)

I'm self taught, mainly play guitar and keyboard. I'm loaded with riffs and melodies that feel good, I find new ones every day. I've collected a lot of principles for how things should progress in a song, but I'm hitting a wall when it comes to building around what I have.

Are there any courses online you'd recommend to babystep through this? I feel like I'm on the edge of it clicking but I think it's something I might need to walk through with a bit more structure.

Imagine trying to teach music without notation, using words only.

I think this no-image comment restriction should be lifted in this sub if this sub really wants to help people understand notation.

Otherwise people like me will just give up trying to help, it's too hard.

The song is nightlight by Laufey. She wants me to write the beats over the picture, but I can't figure it out for the life of me—she says it's really easy but this would be the third lesson where I did the sheet music wrong... what am I missing? Can someone dumb it down? I'm struggling lmao

Hello! I am learning viola and I am trying to make a practice schedule. I mean how to plan by detail a practice session. Can anyone help me with some advice? I am late intermediate. I want to know how to plan my practice sessions.

Sometimes I start practicing an etude, and I'm like playing it over and over again trying to do better. Sometimes it works. I don't know how to choose what to focus on and when to practice technique or the concerto.

I am working on Hoffmeister, Kreutzer 35 and Bach Allegro and Andante (Sonata 2)

TLTR;

As someone who knows absolutely NOTHING about music, online consensus was to start with piano.

I bought a MIDI Keyboard started Piano Marvel (online reading music self help tool?) and now I have completed all the free lessons. I tried others such as Masterpiano but to get advance lesson there is a pay wall (fair enough) but I am uncertain on how to continue learning music.

So, I’m asking around to see if I should pay the subscription? I am sceptical, even doubtful, that I could teach myself with texts books, like some recommend. Is there somewhere else I can look for or are there some other free resource I should look into?

Long Version;
I bought a Keysteps 37 Mk2 because it was more expedient than saving for a Roland FP-30X + the desk & chair & peddles (& I might want to do some synth) etc... It has always seemed to me that music, is some sort of magic, beyond my scope of understanding. However, as I age, I decided to give it a try. Problem being I am starting to feel like the most facilitated roads to learning music are gatekeepted by money.  Now I concede the fact that I might have looking in all the wrong places. Other endeavours like; programming, woodworking, art, its (usually) the materials not the knowledge that is the costly part. With music it just seems that leaning tools, the actual knowledge is the costly part. Now look I’m poor, so if I need a desk or bed frame, it is more cost efficient for me to build it. If anything breaks, I just try to fix it first. Cement, soldering, wood etc... I could buy (or download) a book and bash my head against the wall, but with a book, I’m not sure on how, what I am playing, is supposes to sound & it can’t instantly grade my performance.

So, my question should I just cough up the money for some on these online teaching services? Should I just try to find a privet tutor or someone that gives group classes? Am I underestimating & undervaluing the book method, or am I overvaluing these online prescription tools.

Look I’m sure that someone going to say “well it depends on what you want” so my logic is this. Learn Music on how to read & play, then maybe move over to synth or reaper to make/compose my own music & compose my own tracks. Learning about gain & frequency, composing melody etc... is future problem. I really like 2 tones & how he breaks down music. I don’t think I could ever sing, the shear thought gives me anxiety. I’ll get someone else to do that IF I add lyrics. All I want to do right now is to learn how to read & play & future dream play electric bass, fretless (Also a future thing)

So, I am hoping that some people can just give it to me straight answer, or point me in a direction for someone who isn’t the most brightest & probably has no musical proclivities in them, to find a path that isn’t as sheering  as being dragged through pavement into a wall.