I have taken it upon myself to learn to play the piano. At 23 years of age, my entire life has been completely amusical–I don’t know how to play any instruments. So now that I can do whatever I want, I am going to change that.
I’ve made a bet with my roommate. He doesn’t believe that I can learn to play the Revolutionary Etude in 2 years. If I lose, I’m going to have to buy him steak, and vice versa. It’s going to be a challenge, but I am confident I can do it (and I base this on absolutely nothing). He did lose the last such bet we made, so I’d say I’m the favourite going into this. I also managed to rope 3 more people into the bet. If you would like to get a piece of this action, let me know.
This blog is going to document my progress with this undertaking. I’m going to post videos of pieces on youtube as I learn them. You can find them here (revolutionaryetudein2years was too long for a youtube handle).
Having done some research, I spent about a grand on a Yamaha Arius 160. It’s a new model, just came out, and supposedly does everything the low end Clavinovas do but for less! Here is my set up:
Yeah, it was supposed to come with a piano bench but that hasn’t arrived yet. I’ve got the laptop up there so I can track my practice times on iGoogle.
2 years. It’s going to happen.
January 4, 2009 at 7:43 am |
Hi there! I am younger than you, I have 17 years old, and I have been studing piano for 10 years. I can’t say that I am not tallented, and I have really worked hard this period (My goal was to become a well-known musician). Now I don’t want to become a musician anymore, but still I’m playing the piano in my freetime.
I want to say that I am impressed by your goal, I really wish you to succed. But, sincerely, I don’t think that this is an realistic objectiv for someone who hadn’t studied piano before. The Revolutionary Etude is very difficult to play. I think that you would need at least 5 or 6 years to achieve the necessary skills you need to play this etude. And this only if you work hard (I reffer at being able to play this etude at a high level; at its normal tempo, etc).
I like very much this etude, but I haven’t studied this it, yet. Starting from tommorow, I will try to study it, even if I don’t have very much free time. I want to see in how much time I can do it.
I wish you all the best luck and I would really enjoy talking to you. So, if you want, you can send me emails. I am from Romania, where are you from?
Bye.