I wanted to play to day around sixish and my mother said that i couldn't because she wanted to watch tv. but i said i would close the door.
and she shouted and said no.
i can never get any practice around my house any more in the day it's just too hot to practice in my blooming conservatory.
the only time i can play is at night around six to nine.
i dont mind this one bit.
but my mother and my father seems to have a great problem with me playing.
i have been doing piano for six years it nearly takes me 1 year to do one grade.
because of this stupid nonsence of my mum who is very unmusical and thinks she knows best. Well she doesn't not in the slightest.
she says when i can have my piano tuned but i know when it is out of tune not her.
i have to pay for the tuning my self with my own wages i'm only 14 for goodness sake.
some times things frustrate me but this time it's gone too far.
soon she will proberly make me give up because she wants to go to collage to do hairdressing.
so she says i have to find a new piano teacher witch i really do not want to do because my piano teacher has been really nice to me and helps me through things like this.
i like piano and i do wish to continue with it but it's getting strange not being aloud to practice and the time sutable for me.

Davé

hiyai understand ur problem.
u can either get a keyboard (there not that expensive) or u can say to ur mum:
"imagine u not being able to the cooking or ......(one of her hobbies or feeding one of pets) and say "thats the same 4 me" Trust me, i have studied psycology and body language.
Now, can pleaze reply to my messages"the reignmurda ones"

My parents thought they had the answer to this when they bought me a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-115 at Christmas. Everytime they get annoyed they tell me to plug in my head phones. I hate it too, its definately not the same as playing a real piano although its nearly there I have to say.

This could be an option (but expensive) and it saves tuning your piano.

Parents can be rather horrible at times.

Daley, 15

hey.....my piano teacher used to have a piano (upright piano) that have a small disc beneath it...and whenever u play...u can either record it or insert extra head phones...i hope that helps...

Are you absolutely sure that was a piano? Sounds like a keyboard to me!

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Are you absolutely sure that was a piano? Sounds like a keyboard to me!

Many pianos have disks, mostly digital ones, but also the disklavier which is digital and acoustic.

A digital piano wouldn't normally be called a keyboard.

BTW If you go to disklavier midi and click on the names you can hear the finalists from the disklavier playing on one of these beautiful pianos.

My mum and dad bought me a keyboard for my birthday because the say i play the piano too much and too loud! It's a really posh keyboard so i'm not complaining. Are you able to practice at school during lunch times?

My parents are "threatening" to buy me a keyboard for my birthday (next month) because I keep practising too loudly at annoying times!!!

My parents complaing a lot, too. They went through this one phase where I was only allowed to play when they were out. :S But now everything's back to normal, and I can get at least 6 hours of practice a day. (Summers can get quite boring)

Tell them there's a huge difference between a keyboard and a piano!! Most keyboards are dreadful, no sensitivity in the keys at all so you couldn't practice piano music on them.

I've got two pianos, a broadwood baby grand (my pride and joy) and a Yamaha Claninova digital piano. The digital piano has a proper hammer action, in fact is action is heavier than my proper piano.

I play the digital when it's late / early as I can use headphones. In fact I quite enjoy playing with headphones on. It also has a memory so you can listen to yourself playing. I also have it linked up to my PC, so I can transfer pieces to hard disk via the soundcard. You can then transfer them to CD so you can listen to yourself over the CD player. Good fun and well worth having!

I would never be alowed a digi piano

but i'll save up with my own wadges.

please can any one give me any tips witch one's to get


Davé

Ive got a yamaha clavinova but i prefer a normal piano.

but sometimes clavinovas are cool because they have all these buttons for other instruments as well as a metronome and recording button.

WoW .. ur parents complain about the sounds of the piano being too loud?? my mum got perfect hering and she never complains.. when i tell her im going to go as i played already she goes but i didn't hear you .. so i don't know how ur parents complain..

My piano is in the kitchen, so I have the dishwasher, washing machine and cooker to compete with! And then someone uses the computer and all I can hear is clicking, so I turn it up, and then get told to turn it down coz it irritates them!! But then I can't hear it!! It's got better, coz I practice when everyone else is watching TV..and about 7 in the morning on school days!

Is your teacher feeling a bit frustrated by this too?

QUOTE (Davé @ Aug 3 2004, 09:30 PM)

so she says i have to find a new piano teacher witch i really do not want to do because my piano teacher has been really nice to me and helps me through things like this. i like piano and i do wish to continue with it but it's getting strange not being aloud to practice and the time sutable for me. Davé

Why do you have to change teacher?
As a parent of a very loud piano playing son myself I can see your parents' point of view a little - you all share the same space and you are all entitled to some space to play and some space for peace and quiet. You need to discuss this and agree on times when you can play. Give and take really. If your parents are busy with work etc they really do need some quiet in the evenings.
I think your enthusiasm is great and you should be encouraged in your interests - and not made to pay for the piano tuner!!

thanks eveyone,
i had a piano lesson yesterday evening.
it was cool.
because i had to sight read a whole peice of music out of this fairly difficult book.
and i did it all correctly. lol (there is a first time for everything)
also i have decided to save up for a digital piano i will save about £250 or £300
i hope thats enough.
thats about 2 months wadges.
if i work satuday mornings and nights.
lol

oh well

Davé

p.s

is there a website UK hopefully on digital pianos i can look for one.

I had to buy a digital piano (for keyboard harmony work) when I was studying - I'm actually professional violinist - because my mother wouldn't have a piano in the house. Her excuse was always, "we don't have enough room", which was absolute rubbish, there was plenty of room.

At the end of the day some of her anti-music attitude was driven by jealousy. Her mother was a pianist, but my mother never had the patience or the application to take the time to learn or practice - if it can't be done in five minutes she doesn't want to know. But her attitude was also 'if I can't do it, then you won't either'.

I even had to pay for all of my own music lessons from the age of 16 onwards, (taking out mega loans to get me through music college), and loans to buy violins of suitable quality, but it all paid off because of my enthusiasm and determination to not let others run my life for me. OK, so I'm still paying the debts, but I'm happy with doing the music and that's what matters most.

I agree that it must be frustrating for non-muso's to have to listen to people practising at all hours of the day (and sometimes night), but don't let your parents dictate to you on your future aspirations, it's your life and you do what you want to do, because you're the one living it, not them.

Good luck!

Amanda

i'm curious....which music college did u go amandal...just want to know...coz i maybe going...(if i get in)

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and sometimes night

yes, I was practising for ages a few days ago and when I looked at the clock it was 10 minutes to midnight... gulp... bet the neighbours aren't feeling too friendly towards me!

QUOTE (AmandaL @ Aug 8 2004, 11:49 AM)

I even had to pay for all of my own music lessons from the age of 16 onwards, (taking out mega loans to get me through music college),

Yep, i have to pay for my own as well. My piano lessons cost me £10 a week for three quarters of an hour. This means I can't afford to have private flute lessons so i have to have a bog standard half an hour at college for free . Even though flute is my first love and favorite instrument *sighs*

I highly doubt that £300 will get you a decent digital piano. I have a CLP 115 which is bottom of the range and that cost £900 (I think - present)

There are some really good deals on dig pianos on ebay at the moment, but that is the only way you'll get one for that price