Me piano =]

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Side note: There's supposed to be a correlation between ability in mathematics and playing piano

that makes sense, I fail at both

[redmosez]

that makes sense, I fail at both

Haha awww! If it makes you feel any better I'm not very good either

[vexx]

Okay your wish is my command. Here is a video of me playing Tchaikovsky's Concerto No.1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg

that was exquisite.
(the kitty is so cute)

[ninwa]

Side note: There's supposed to be a correlation between ability in mathematics and playing piano

LIES

I'm still stuck on exercise 1A of my specialist maths book.

[EvangelionZeta]

You guys are both amazing!

I've been playing piano for about a year now and can honestly say it's the most frustrating/fulfilling Instrument I've ever played.

Side note: There's supposed to be a correlation between ability in mathematics and playing piano

lol, all of the best pianists I know suck hard at maths. 

The "best" of them all got 50 in Literature and 49 in English though.  :p

[redmosez]

On another side-note, did anybody read Maestro as part of their year 12 English text?

I really liked that book.

[TrueTears]

I've been playing piano for about a year now and can honestly say it's the most frustrating/fulfilling Instrument I've ever played.

So true, TBH I don't like any other instruments besides piano. Nothing even comes close IMO, piano just sounds so elegant.

[schmalex]

could i potentially study music(piano) at uni as like a breadth of diploma or something from knowing nothing at all?

yes, you could (at the university of melbourne)

[squance]

could i potentially study music(piano) at uni as like a breadth of diploma or something from knowing nothing at all?

yes, you could (at the university of melbourne)

My friend who is doing Engineering is also doing a Diploma of Music (Piano)

[redmosez]

So true, TBH I don't like any other instruments besides piano. Nothing even comes close IMO, piano just sounds so elegant.

I enjoy acoustic guitar as well, maybe because I've been playing it for longer. I do admit piano sounds heaps more elegant.

[vexx]

Question: if you have some experience with piano, but little, what breadth subjects can you do in music at UoM?
i looked through the list and they are all in a performance group needing level 7++

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I think the piano is one of the more abstract instruments, which makes piano music more profound, but also harder to relate to. When I listen to impressionist piano music in particular, it is like being drawn into the transcendental world of my thoughts. It allows me to enter a deeply contemplative state, which is simultaneously unsettling and breathtaking.

[ninwa]

I think the piano is one of the more abstract instruments, which makes piano music more profound, but also harder to relate to. When I listen to impressionist piano music in particular, it is like being drawn into the transcendental world of my thoughts. It allows me to enter a deeply contemplative state, which is simultaneously unsettling and breathtaking.

I have synesthesia (in relation to music notes), so listening to music for me is literally like a swirl of rainbow colours in my mind

(though it only really works with classical music)

[ninwa]

Question: if you have some experience with piano, but little, what breadth subjects can you do in music at UoM?
i looked through the list and they are all in a performance group needing level 7++

You could do a concurrent diploma in music?

Applications for entry into the Diploma should be made directly to the Faculty of Music upon acceptance into their main degree program. Admission is by audition, and applicants are asked to prepare a 15-minute program of 2-3 contrasting works chosen from the classical repertoire (not contemporary popular or jazz). A sample program might include works from the Baroque, Romantic and Twentieth Century repertoires. Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate some technical work. The audition panel will not hear all of the program and will make its own selection from the works prepared. Auditions are usually held in early February each year.

http://www.bmus.unimelb.edu.au/bmus/enrich/dip.html

^ I wish I could do that

[vexx]

Question: if you have some experience with piano, but little, what breadth subjects can you do in music at UoM?
i looked through the list and they are all in a performance group needing level 7++

You could do a concurrent diploma in music?

Applications for entry into the Diploma should be made directly to the Faculty of Music upon acceptance into their main degree program. Admission is by audition, and applicants are asked to prepare a 15-minute program of 2-3 contrasting works chosen from the classical repertoire (not contemporary popular or jazz). A sample program might include works from the Baroque, Romantic and Twentieth Century repertoires. Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate some technical work. The audition panel will not hear all of the program and will make its own selection from the works prepared. Auditions are usually held in early February each year.

http://www.bmus.unimelb.edu.au/bmus/enrich/dip.html

^ I wish I could do that

Wow thanks ninwa! This sounds amazing. I'd actually love to do this, except the audition part is a little scary.

hmm, i wonder how the grading works, considering it could be hard to do very well in these music subjects (i'll just try hard at my other subjects to raise my GPA then .___.)

i just looked around the page, and called up about how good you need to be to get in.
and yeah she said you need to be quite good, around level 5/6 with a very good ability to read music.
i have a year to practice! aha

this would actually be sooo fun.