dakalaka7

Great. Im glad for you. I mostly play my guitar nowadays. It started when i picked up my sisters guitar a couple years back and now I can play literally anything presented in front of me. ...and hey, Maybe you'll become the next big thing in piano and become rich and famous. :wink3:

Alright, first of all. I dont know why you have to say " asjdfhd that was the stupidest thing ive everrrr hearddd i3j82ro ... Let me clarify. I meant if you dont know how to play the piano (NOT GUITAR) and you are at your beginning stages, if you jump into songs like coldplay's (which can be hard for beginners) you will not be able to learn the basics of theory, time, ect. to your full potential. This is what i meant by you will not get good by learning the songs you want to learn. You may get better at...say...navigating the keyboard, BUT, there is a reason piano teachers start you off with basic easy songs. If you tought yourself theory, time and everything else you need to read music with, for example, a coldplay song book...GOOD FOR YOU, thats quite an accomplishment. I doubt you'll ever be as good as somebody that pulled out all the stops to learn to read music fluently. One last thing, if you want to try to learn songs you want to play, why not? I wasnt saying you couldn't. I wouldnt have been able to keep going if i couldnt have played those songs either. It took me a long time to learn them but it presented a challenge. My point was, dont skip the neccesary parts of the learning process. I hope that clarifies things.

You may find it difficult but the only truly proven way to get good at reading music is to start at the very basics. You can either: 1) (the more difficult/cheap way) go to your local music store and buy beginners piano lesson books (they are generally part of a series...1,2,3 ect. The higher the number the higher skill level required) and teach yourself, or 2.) (the expensive/easier method) Get piano lessons. The truth is, as i learned, you can never really learn to play the piano, or any instrument well by playing songs you enjoy or want to play. The reason I started taking lessons was so I could play all my favorite songs on the radio. I lacked motivation to actually learn the music my teacher gave me and instead id only practice these difficult pieces. The result, i didnt get any better. Whether you teach yourself or have a teacher teach you, no matter what, practice the songs even if it is twinkle twinkle little star. They are there for a reason. If you do this, you'll become very good, very quickly, and before you know it you will not only be reading and playing music like coldplay's, but you will be able to write your own. So no matter what you do dont get ahead of yourself like i did. The best songs to learn are the most basic songs. Then you work your way up ;) Hope this helps cheers

Hey, I was interested if anyone on here knew about the equipment and effects that used on X&Y. More specifically, songs like Square One, White Shadows, Talk, Speed of Sound ect, have what seems like a synth that creates almost an atmospheric backdrop for the songs...if you dont know what i am talking about, it is most apparent the first couple of seconds of White Shadows and the intro to Square One... and those types of sounds seem to be used lots throughout the record. Does anybody know what the band uses to create these? Any ideas are welcome oh, and if this is a waste of a thread, if there isnt already one, maybe it could become the official xy sounds/effects thread??? just a thought cheers