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Well, put of me trying to learn the guitar is trying to get a new one from which to learn. x_x Therefore, I haven't learned much. -_-

But, from what I've tried to learn of the guitar so far, I'd say the piano. Piano playing seems to require more precision and concentration (two hands doing two completely different things simultaneously x_x). Especially if you're in a weird time signature or if one hand is playing at a different rhythm than the other (one in tuplets, the other playing normally). So, technically, the piano's like two instruments in one, if that analogy makes sense. :mellow: It's its own melody and accompaniment, and both can be as complex and intricate as you want it to be.

I always thought the guitar was harder than the piano. More precision? Hardly. Try doing tremolos without precision. The left and right hand on the guitar are known to do different things. Especially when the right hand is hammering and pulling off and the left hand is playing open strings.

Anyway just look at this

Not an easy piece, but by no means an extremely hard one.

1076.pdf

Well, I was just speaking from all that I've tried to learn of it so far, which, due to how long it's taking me to get a new one, isn't much. = \ So, I'm still at, pretty much, a basic level. I don't have much knowledge on it to begin with. :mellow: My opinion was just conjecture, for the most part. I have much more experience with pianos than guitars.

The piece certainly looks challenging, though. Definitely not something I could pick up a guitar and do right now. ^_^;;

Originally posted by Apollo XI@Aug 11 2005, 11:31 AM

Well, I was just speaking from all that I've tried to learn of it so far, which, due to how long it's taking me to get a new one, isn't much.

Hey...... My name is Yoshi..... I'm 16 yrs. old and live in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. I started to take lessons on the cello when I was about 4, and started composing when I was 13. I have also taken a little piano. I have composed an assortment of music ranging from concertos to the music for a short film..... (If you'd like to see it..... here's a link http://somedumbsite.com/videos/user-videos...Hidden_WEB.mov)

Anyway just look at this

Not an easy piece, but by no means an extremely hard one.

Terrega is such an amazing composer! Glad you posted this piece. However (and I understand each instrument is different for each person) as a decent classical guitarist who tried to take up the piano, has found the piano to be much harder than the guitar. I guess I'm just not good at playing to separate musical lines at once.

Now, the organ, let's not even start with that. Nothing but respect to organists and all their playing perils!

Thanks Duck for posting that guitar solo. Even though I'm in a relationship with a guitarist, he's into Rock, Funk and Jazz mostly, so I seldom get to see anything for classical guitar in print.

Question to ye guitar players: My partner knew that the designations "p a m i" indicated which fingers of the right hand were supposed to play the given note, and I'd sort of figured that out on my own - but he didn't know what the letters actually stand for, classical guitar not being his bag. I'm assuming they're the first letter of a Latin, Spanish or Italian word for a particular finger...am I right? In Latin, I know that the word for thumb is "pollex." Am I even warm here? What words do those letters actually stand for?

(this isn't a trivia quiz - I really don't know...) :)

I don't know which language they do come from and now that I think about it...I never bothered to learn. When I talk to my teacher this monday, i'll be sure to ask him if he knows. I just learned what the letters meant, not the actually word.

Originally posted by Kalaglin Y. Anwarunye@Aug 16 2005, 07:48 PM

Hey...... My name is Yoshi..... I'm 16 yrs. old and live in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. I started to take lessons on the cello when I was about 4, and started composing when I was 13. I have also taken a little piano. I have composed an assortment of music ranging from concertos to the music for a short film..... (If you'd like to see it..... here's a link http://somedumbsite.com/videos/user-videos...Hidden_WEB.mov)

Hi there. Just thought I'd welcome you here as a fellow British Columbian (although one at college in the States).

Where are you going to college if you don't mind me asking?

Wow. The growth of this board is really wonderful.

It's really exciting to see so many talented and eager people joining this community. I joined up with Mike back when these boards were just getting started in late May and early June, but I didn't keep posting over the summer. I don't think I need to re-introduce myself, mostly because I'm pretty much the same person as I was when I made the post earlier in this thread earlier this summer.

I am now at USC and just about to start my first semester as a college student. Now that my life actually has some regularity to it, I will be posting in here daily and doing all those wonderful things that moderators are supposed to do.

Welcome back, Mike. So you're in town, then? I'm also at USC now, started medical school two weeks ago.

Hello, my name's Nikola Kolodziejczyk,

I am a 19 yr old guy from Krakow, Poland, waiting for October to start my first year at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (PL), Jazz piano Departament.

I am trying to grasp some composing skills from some time, but i haven't got much luck in founding any good and suitable forum to participate till now. This one looks very, very promising and

ee.. I would like to say hello :(

(The "Harmonise the melody" board is soo inspiring! I will have to try on that melodies, if i can. If i could. If i may :D.)

Yeonil

Hi,

I've just found and joined your forum, so I'd thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm based in England, and not that young... (hope that's OK), I've been composing music for a long time (purely amateur), although never had (or tried to have) anything played by anyone except me (barring a few school friends when I was younger). Largely in 'classical' style, not much modern stuff.

I've recently decided to be a bit more proactive about it, and submit some pieces to competitions etc, and it was while looking for info on that that I found this site.

I will post a few pieces that I've done on my computer (most things are pencil on paper, but I'm transferring things as and when) into the review section, if I'm feeling brave. To be honest I'd love some external opinions, as almost no-one has heard any of it...

Anyway, that's me.

Hi.

Adam.

Hi Adam!

This is the designated "Introduce Yourself" topic, so I moved your post here.

Pro-active = Definitely good. Post some of your work and you should receive some good feedback from the members here. Have fun!

Hi Nikola. Welcome! Krakow is a lovely city: I was there about a month ago with the senior youth orchestra from work. I flew to Katowice to join the group, as I was not in England when they left, so I got a bus from there to Krakow and saw a little of the surrounding area. It's the second time I've been there and I'd love to go again.

Welcome Adam. Where are you from? And how old is 'not that young'? We have a few old ones amongst us!

I look forward to reading more posts from you both. And to other new people who have posted in this thread. :D

Welcome. Yes. *goes to find more beer*

Hey.

I'm new to the forum.

I'm called Daniel, and I'm a 16 year old musician/composer from the UK.

I'm quite deeply interested in the classical style, although i think baroque and romantic can be good also.

Favourite composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin. I don't mind Bach and Mendelssohn

I play the piano and the guitar.

:)

Thanks for the welcomes!

Mike - thanks for moving my post, sorry about that, just jumped in!

David - I'm 31, I've been writing music since about 12 or 13, and how I would have loved something like this forum then! I'm from London, and still live in London.

I learnt piano and clarinet to a decent standard when I was young, and played in a few orchestras and wind bands (years ago...); I can get a recognizable tune out of most wind instruments, strings is my real area of lack of knowledge - I'm always concerned that I'm writing inappropriately or impossibly for them! I have an orchestration book that I use as a guide as to what's possible, but something like this forum where real players can read, listen and tell you the real-world facts is going to be so much better.

Adam.

Adam, being not-all-that-far-from-31 myself, I think I can say that you are perfectly welcome here! The 'young' in the domain name is something we've discussed a few times on the old board and always came to the same conclusion (I think Lee started one off once, and he's about 192 or something).

I know what you mean about string instruments. I'm the same with winds: I can play Bassoon (primarily) alongside the Flute and Clarinet. I bought an electric Violin a couple of months ago in order to get my head around how strings really work.

Hi Daniel, welcome. Glad to see more people from the UK joining. *grin*

I hope to be debating with you all on the forum somewhere.

I think it's about time to properly introduce myself after being a member for a few weeks now :).

My name's Joris van der Herten, I live in Flanders, Belgium and I'm fourteen. I've been composing for two years and following music and piano lessons for the same period . Because of my membership to the "Neerpeltian School" (a summer course, actually - it's an inside joke :)) I've had two of my works performed until now. I don't have an actual style yet (I think...)- it's constantly changing, although it revolves around neo-romanticism, impressionism and expressionism. Among my favourite composers I have listened to, are: Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Zemlinsky, Poulenc, Scriabin, Chopin, Liszt, Godowsky, Piazolla, Ravel, Mozart, Sibelius , Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, Respighi, Kapustin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gershwin, Mahler, Dvorak, Grieg, Holst, Tchaikovsky, a bit Bach... and especially Rachmaninov (he is actually the main reason I started composing). I love complex, exuberant, exotic music. For a strange reason I can't stand much Beethoven, but that will change over time probably :D . Next to composing I love to improvise, so I generally don't write much music down because of too little time*, so the majority of it goes lost (doesn't matter much :D).

Outside of music I enjoy a good book once in a while, but most of my time *goes to school. I'm a perfectionist if it comes to that :) .

hey, thanks for the welcome.

Hey tulipso :P

Hey Adam.

is your book on orchestration good? i'm looking for one myself.

Hello. My name is Brandon Homayouni. I was born in Takoma Park, MD, and was raised in the DC metro area until this July when I moved to Salt Lake City, where I am now. I have played the piano since I was 3. I am not sure when I started composing, but I'd imagine it would have been around age 9. I compose traditional classical, avant garde classical and contemporary neoclassical (electronic).

I constantly feel watched.

Hi Brandon.

I'll have you know that I discovered the original Young Composers site in October 2001 and the second piece I downloaded was your Flute Sonata. I know it quite intimately by now.

Could that explain it? * grins *

Where was that sonata? On the site, or on the Extension? If it was on the site, then that means Brandon submitted it for upload at least 5 years ago...making him an honourary "old-timer." :D

Yep, it was on the main site! He's an old old-timer. Hehe...