Musical frustration (2 Viewers)

[ClockworkSoldier]

This thread is for any type of musical frustration you may be experiencing

For those times that you're frustrated that you can't find the title of a song.

Those times that you've hit that imaginary brick wall in learning an instrument and feel that it's too hard to progress further.

The times that you're composing a song and have run out of ideas.

When you've made up a nice lick/riff and have no idea how to use it.

When you cannot read a certain page of sheet music.

We will try to help in the best way we know.

 

[Arctopus]

Playing bass and singing at the same time is hard. Any body have tips for helping me multi-task?

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

I can only suggest what I did.

I practised playing a song on the piano and talking leisurely with someone on the side. Once you can do that, you can also practise playing and reading something if you're going to be sight-reading words. Then try putting those two together and sing instead of talk?

I guess it's just practise.

 

[Cinnamonster]

I just need a new song to learn on the piano I printed out Le Moulin by Yann Tiersen this afternoon but I'm not sure if I'm up to learning an eight page song just yet.

And I wish I could play Moonlight Sonata.

 

[Absolutezero]

Playing bass and singing at the same time is hard. Any body have tips for helping me multi-task?

Make sure you know both parts really well independently. Try and do the one you are stronger at subconciously, thus, allowing you to focus on the other.

It's one of those things I think really just comes down to practice and repetition.

 

[jet]

I just need a new song to learn on the piano I printed out Le Moulin by Yann Tiersen this afternoon but I'm not sure if I'm up to learning an eight page song just yet.

And I wish I could play Moonlight Sonata.

What part of the Moonlight sonata? 1st movement or all of them?

 

[philphie]

mixing manuscripts from different compositions together pisses me off, plus i am so messy when notating because i do it extremely fast and sometimes notes don't line up rhythmically haha. apart from that tuning instruments, especially when you use heavy gauges, get the sweats big time. buggest frustration: buying more gear only means i want more gear. and my piano's tuning is fucked. i got the tuning fork and have been trying to do it myself but a string broke so i'm not touching it again lol.


i also hate it when i have friends over and they'll find my manuscript and will write all over it, put in some extra notes to make chords and put in random dynamics, don't know what to look at. oh and also my old teacher, such a fucking dickhead.

losing equipment is bad.

 

[Arctopus]

I can only suggest what I did.

I practised playing a song on the piano and talking leisurely with someone on the side. Once you can do that, you can also practise playing and reading something if you're going to be sight-reading words. Then try putting those two together and sing instead of talk?

I guess it's just practise.

Will try this, thanks.

Make sure you know both parts really well independently. Try and do the one you are stronger at subconciously, thus, allowing you to focus on the other.

It's one of those things I think really just comes down to practice and repetition.

Will keep this in mind too, thanks.

 

[philphie]

plus waiting for amps to warm up and if i'm working with multiple amps through tonnes of pedals i don't know what goes where

 

[Cinnamonster]

What part of the Moonlight sonata? 1st movement or all of them?

Just the first movement at the moment. I got to about half way through third page a couple of years ago and couldn't finish it and I haven't gone back to it since because of the HSC. If it hadn't been so overdone in HSC music maybe I would have continued learning the song but I decided not to.

 

[philphie]

german musical terms

 

[jet]

Just the first movement at the moment. I got to about half way through third page a couple of years ago and couldn't finish it and I haven't gone back to it since because of the HSC. If it hadn't been so overdone in HSC music maybe I would have continued learning the song but I decided not to.

Ohk. I played it for a year 11 Classical assessment. It's pretty much sight-readable.

 

[philphie]

Ohk. I played it for a year 11 Classical assessment. It's pretty much sight-readable.

true even for people who don't play piano as their principal instrument

 

[jet]

Only trouble in some parts is bringing out the cantabile line. Though I've had practice at that with other pieces now.

 

[Lukybear]

Ohk. I played it for a year 11 Classical assessment. It's pretty much sight-readable.

Showoff...

the 3rd movement is crazy tho. One of my favourite pieces.

 

[Cinnamonster]

Yeah see I don't think it's that easy to completely sight read that entire first movement.
But then again I'm not that great with sight reading and you may be at a higher grade than I am.

 

[jet]

Showoff...

the 3rd movement is crazy tho. One of my favourite pieces.

Lol, why am I a showoff?

 

[philphie]

i am frustrated by the fact that i am a lefty handed musician that has no place in an orchestra and having to pay extra for everyhting

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

i am frustrated by the fact that i am a lefty handed musician that have no place in an orchestra and having to pay extra for everyhting

Dude. Ouch. Lol.

 

[ilikebeeef]

mixing manuscripts from different compositions together pisses me off, plus i am so messy when notating because i do it extremely fast and sometimes notes don't line up rhythmically haha.

Get Sibelius.

apart from that tuning instruments, especially when you use heavy gauges, get the sweats big time. buggest frustration: buying more gear only means i want more gear. and my piano's tuning is fucked. i got the tuning fork and have been trying to do it myself but a string broke so i'm not touching it again lol.

Hire a piano tuner?

i also hate it when i have friends over and they'll find my manuscript and will write all over it, put in some extra notes to make chords and put in random dynamics, don't know what to look at. oh and also my old teacher, such a fucking dickhead.

losing equipment is bad.

Aw, there there.

For me, well, I kinda lost interest in cello a few years ago. Don't really want to finish 8th grade cello after HSC either...