Rock Band 3 - Good Intro to Piano for Someone Interested in Producing?
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Rock Band 3 - Good Intro to Piano for Someone Interested in Producing? Posted on: 27.11.2010 by Marilyn Clausing I have been trying to learn more about music theory because I am interested in producing, and after playing around with the new Pro Piano mode in Rock Band 3, it seems like it might be a good way for someone who is interested in producing to learn scales and different chords. I've read that it won't "really" teach you piano because the keyboard is only 25 keys and most of the parts are played with one hand, but at the same time, if you're only interested in learning enough piano to produce your own music in a program like Ableton, wouldn't this be enough? I have tried a more traditional approach - getting lessons and learning classical pieces - which I'm sure is the ideal way to learn music. But it also seems like I am going to spend a lot of time learning stuff that is unnecessary for me because I'm not interested in piano performance - I'm only interested in gaining understanding. Thoughts? | |
| Janyce Jardon 12.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
haha yeah sorry i spelled it wrong, its with an s not a z... heres a link... http://synthesiagame.com/ try it out... heaps of fun aswel :P |
| Leeanna Ayla 12.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Filterkat
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| Carlee Pickard 28.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by bigheadmikelove
I just picked up a Maschine and I was just wondering (sorry for going slightly off topic) are there any other suggestions / videos / tutorials / anything that you guys would suggest as to where to start off from? I know there is another thread with something like that, but I always like getting advice from everyone. Thank You! Coldfuzion |
| Marilyn Clausing 27.11.2010 | I have been trying to learn more about music theory because I am interested in producing, and after playing around with the new Pro Piano mode in Rock Band 3, it seems like it might be a good way for someone who is interested in producing to learn scales and different chords. I've read that it won't "really" teach you piano because the keyboard is only 25 keys and most of the parts are played with one hand, but at the same time, if you're only interested in learning enough piano to produce your own music in a program like Ableton, wouldn't this be enough? I have tried a more traditional approach - getting lessons and learning classical pieces - which I'm sure is the ideal way to learn music. But it also seems like I am going to spend a lot of time learning stuff that is unnecessary for me because I'm not interested in piano performance - I'm only interested in gaining understanding. Thoughts? |
| Janyce Jardon 12.12.2010 | i also forgot to mention you need a MIDI keyboard for this program, but, you can pick one of those up fairly cheap if you dont have one... |
| Janyce Jardon 12.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
haha yeah sorry i spelled it wrong, its with an s not a z... heres a link... http://synthesiagame.com/ try it out... heaps of fun aswel :P |
| Leeanna Ayla 12.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Filterkat
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| Janyce Jardon 12.12.2010 | i found a program for mac that has helped me with my piano skills considerably, not sure but it might be available for windows... its called synthesiza... basically, its sorta like rock band in the way that you have coloured blocks coming down, but its layed over a set of full keys/keyboard. you can set it to do heaps of stuff, like it will stop/pause the track, until you hit the right note/notes, you can change the speed of the track, you can load your own MIDI tracks into it (learned how to play tetris and supermario by doing this... teehee) the song library is expandable, you can set different dificulties for tracks (and within each particular track also sub dificulties, like the full track, just the high part, or just the bass part... stuff like that), load/use your own sounds/plugins as the input, so you could play bethooven with a super-saw or hoover synth if u wanted... theres HEAPS of stuff you can do aswel which i havent mentioned, but i reccomend looking into this program. o yeah, and while your playing, it teaches you about keys/chords majors/minors, scales and all that... well if you pay attention... its all there on the screen while ur playing, it will tell u the note/notes your playing, if its a major or minor chord and so on... you just gotta look at it and remember it :P EDIT: plus theres a free LE version, and the full version dont cost much if you want all the extra features |
| Leeanna Ayla 28.11.2010 | The thing with Rock Band is it's like a gateway drug, it'll get you started and looking for more. |
| Carlee Pickard 28.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by bigheadmikelove
I just picked up a Maschine and I was just wondering (sorry for going slightly off topic) are there any other suggestions / videos / tutorials / anything that you guys would suggest as to where to start off from? I know there is another thread with something like that, but I always like getting advice from everyone. Thank You! Coldfuzion |
| Joie Cantillon 27.11.2010 | As much as it sounds like you really don't want to learn piano (and by extension music theory) in the traditional manner (all that practice sure gets tedious) Really it is the absolute best way to learn the theory behind the music you make. You can just see it easier. I always kick myself for not learning piano when I was younger (and much more easily educated) On the rock band 3 thing, I can't see it being a more effective teacher than actual instruction. You may want to ask your teacher to lay off the classical pieces and show you more about scales, chords, modal thingamajiggs and so on. |
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