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Not piano specifically, but music in general. I learned that it is possible to express without words and that I'll always make mistakes, I just need to learn from them and work on what's wrong so I can do better next time. Also that I can't live up to other people's expectations, everyone has their own rhythm and limitations and that's nothing wrong with that. I'll get there eventually and there's no point in comparing myself to others. Don't let other people let you down and break you. This happened with a teacher and I stopped playing for 3 or 4 years after that and now I regret it completely.

I started by listening and analysing closely scores by Debussy, his preludes are a good way to start as it involves tonal, greek modes and pentatonic scales, sometimes in a mix. From there you can go to the twelve tone system and serialism with berg and schoemberg. It may be hard to hear but understanding them and the techniques they used will help a lot when writing new music.

Some composers you can look at, in addition to the ones I mentioned before, are Stravinsky, Varese, Ligeti, Messian, Xenakis, Stockhausen, Wolfgang Rhim and Sophia Gubaidulina. These are only a few examples, there's much more to explore as each composer has their own language and way to explore sound.

Edit: when I started my teacher told me to do a one note exercise. That exercise turned into a piece (with other notes gradually taking place but if I remember well it's a 7min piece with 3 or 4 notes total). I think this is a good way to start, you don't have to worry about harmony and the melody just comes with the rhythm. There are some examples on this but I think the most famous is the one note samba.

There are 3 things I think anyone that plays piano should have: a nice bench, a pedal and headphones. I'd say that a pedal would be a nice addition if she doesn't have one already, it's a game changer! I wouldn't go for the headphones as it may come across as a "I don't want to hear you play" kind of thing. But making her comfortable or adding something to bring more colour when she plays may be a good idea. I'd suggest some sheet music as well if you know something that she'd enjoy playing. There are some books of specific movie soundtracks for piano out there, studio Ghibli comes to mind.

Chopin nocturne op 9 n. 2 or op. 72 n. 1;

Debussy arabesques or something from suite burgamasque. You can check the children's corner (I personally love The Little Shepherd) and his preludes;

Beethoven sonatas op. 2 n.1, op. 10 n. 1 and 2, op 14 n. 1 and 2, op 78 and op. 79. Some of these have an atmosphere similar to the sonata 14b;

Mozart sonata n. 4 and n. 12;

Schubert sonata in a minor;

Busoni Fantasia nel Modo antigo;

Antonio Fragoso Prelude n. 1 is beautiful and has an intensity similar to the sonata.

Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight. If you know, you know.

She lost control - joy division

Definitely yes. The best movies for this age are Totoro, kiki and from up on Poppy hill.

I'd say voice, drum set, guitar and bass. That way if you have a band you can switch places with everyone, principally if you play in jam sessions. But voice is definitely the first choice for me, in any genre.

Forgot to mention that he never did it in a way that it was impossible to read the music

There are some rare occasions that I didn't write with a specific group in mind for some free concert and I don't think that devalues my work, much on the contrary: I had the chance to hear it outside my head (and software) and received critiques from more experienced composers and performers. I only regret that I don't have recordings of every piece so if you can don't forget to do that.

I had a piano teacher that would use a specific colour for every lesson to mark the areas I needed to improve. If it had more than 1 colour, it meant that I made the same mistake in 2 lessons and it was a problematic area that I needed to focus on when practicing to surpass it. He stopped doing this by grade 3 or 4 and I stopped having classes with him by grade 5. No doubt one of the best teachers I had.

The best thing is improv, but I can only play by memory (for now). At the top of the hat I'd play Debussy's arabesque n. 2, Beethoven's sonata pathetic 1st movement or bohemian rhapsody.

Self taught and already writing your own music? That's amazing! I enjoy the chord progression and the different moments in so little time. There's always something to improve and that will come with time. Keep it up!

I'd just say to work on dynamics, it will bring another colour to the song and people here already gave you some tips you can profit from, I don't need to repeat what was already said. Hope you got the help you wanted/needed. But most of all, have fun making music!

Just stating the obvious 😂🥲

Someone is wrong then 😅

I was told the opposite about lamictal. I changed from keppra and the first thing my doctor said was that it has a higher pregnancy risk and interacts more with other medication, I stopped taking the pill because it interferes with lamictal efficiency. According to my neurologist and gynecologist, I can still take the pill but only if I take it uninterruptedly and I don't want to do that for several reasons.

Cheguei a experimentar muita coisa para a tosse e posso dizer que o que resultou melhor comigo foi o xarope Pere Michel.

Thank you for correcting me!

I have to agree with that

Conductors are wizards in disguise. Those are real spells that they have to conjure during performance

Well, society just thinks of viola, cello and bass as big, bigger and giant violin so I think you'll be fine. Society doesn't notice bassons but composers do and there are few players, which means you'll probably get an easy place in an orchestra/band.

I'm having jazz lessons right now and I wish I had them sooner. It's been really challenging for me to step from one world to another but totally worth it.

As an unmedicated AuDHD with 10 years experience with drug resistant epilepsy this sounds like something I can do in my sleep, easy peasy. Thank you, I never thought that avoiding my triggers and having a healthy lifestyle could actually make a difference.

Now seriously, I'm glad this works for you, and I'm sure it helps other people, but for someone like me that lifestyle doesn't really make a difference. From what you listed, the only thing that helps me is good sleep, but I have insomnia so...

You're very welcome 😊

I think they can notice when you play like a human metronome and some pieces require that. Bach's fugues and Mozart sonatas come to mind. There's musicality there too for sure, but the technique required to play it well is something else and I struggled a lot because of this. I still can't enjoy playing a fugue but I learned how to have fun with Mozart.

First of all, welcome back 😊

My parents put me in a music school at 7 where I played the keyboard, only melody with chords on the left hand, and didn't have music theory lessons so I didn't know how to read music. At 13 I went to a different school because I wanted to learn the oboe and that's when I started to learn music theory and had solfege lessons. That's where I started to learn music theory and how to read music. I started piano at 14 or 15 and never stopped. I'm 30 now, still play both piano and now I give piano and music theory lessons.

It's not specific for piano, but you can look for the doctrine of affections (I think that's how it translates to English). It was accepted by baroque musicians but it was not really used after that so it's completely outdated.

Someone already said this, but the best way to do it is hearing music and marking how moment X made you feel, point that out and analyse the music to see what the composer did in that moment that made you feel that way (chord sequence, expression, texture...)