Piano Squall`s Original Arrangements

[Piano Squall]

Many people have expressed an interest in obtaining the sheet music for my original arrangements.  Unfortunately, I have never written a single one of them down, but based on the amount of emails I have been receiving, I think I would like to start.  

Over the next few months, I will make all of my original arrangements available for free in the Download section.  Please just be patient with me, each one takes a long time to score, lol.

[Ameria-chan]

Hooray!!!! ... *remembers she can't read sheet music or play the piano anyway* ... *shrug* Hooray!

[Venus, Queen of Faeries]

That's really cool.... and of course, we all appreciate the favor that you're doing for us. Take all the time that you need; we'll be patient. ^_^

[Cali]

Hooray!!!! ... *remembers she can't read sheet music or play the piano anyway* ... *shrug* Hooray!

I can read singing music fine, and I almost forgot that I took a keyboarding class in seventh grade. but I don't really rember where the fingers are supposed to be placed and whats the proper notes are

[Venus, Queen of Faeries]

Fingering is tough for me, too. I didn't do so well my third semester of keyboard class because my instructor Yuki REFUSED to give me fingerings. She said they were a crutch and I needed to learn how to do it on my own.... and I never got the hang of it. My fingers got all knotted all over themselves.... XD I just made stuff up. And, eventually, it started to work because it made sense to me. Then Yuki would try and "correct" me and I'd mess it all up.

Advice: Just go with the flow and make with what's comfy. "What's it matter how I do it as long as I get it right?" has always been one of my isms. ^_^;;

[Piano Squall]

Even more than speed, the real value in fingering is memory.  If you want to learn a song to just play a few times, then the fingering isn`t so important, but if you`d like to hold on to it, then its good to spend a long time in the beginning coming up with a consistent pattern that requires your hand to move as little as possible.  If you do this, your hands will recall the motions long after the song is gone from your memory.

[Warky]

Seriously, You should take the time to learn it correctly. My family was always too poor to get piano lessons, and it's something that I really really really wish I could have had. I'm crutched for doing what's comfy to my hands. I play a lot of piano, but I can't use my thumbs to play. Which apparently, later I found out, are the two most important fingers in piano playing. *shrug* They were uncomfortable for me, so I learned how to play everything without correct fingerings, and without thumbs, but ya know, I can play some really great stuff!! But I know if I had had proper training, i would be able to play as well as Squally.

Wark on!

~Warky

[Piano Squall]

Just wanted to let you know that I haven't neglected this promise.  I've been working constantly over the last week to write down as many arrangements as I can, and I will have the first 8-10 of them up for you shortly.

[Graceria]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I can't play them to save my life, but YAY anyway!!!! ^__^

[Red Comet]

Even if you don’t know how to read it, it still helps you visualize the direction and degree of change in the notes.

and length is pretty simple:
hollow = whole note
hollow with line = half note
solid with line = quarter note
solid with line & flag = eighth note
solid with line & 2 flags = sixteenth note
solid with line and 3 flags = thirty-second note
(and a dot to the right increases it’s time by 50% (for example, a half note becomes a three quarters note))

Hmmm... Venus, what was that website you mentioned that gives more information?  I can’t remember...

[Venus, Queen of Faeries]

Gosh, I don't know... I found it through a Google search. If only I can remember what I was searching for. I'll try to find it again. :::salute:::

Edit: Was this it? I Google-searched "how read music" since "to" is a common word, and that was the first result.

[Red Comet]

Ummm... I’m not sure if that’s the same one.  But it looks good to me.  Thank you, Venus :::salutes back:::

EDIT Oh, yes, it was posted here.  Same site.  Thanks again.

[Graceria]

I'm actually starting to learn how to read music now! ^__^ I just discovered that the new midi program I got for my birthday has a set of lessons on reading sheet music AND playing the piano! I swear, I love this program more every day!!  

[Warky]

*looks around* *hm, sees Kim sleeping* *slowly walks over to anvil program cd, steals and runs* *leaving behind a yellow feather* *wark ha ha... she'll never know it was me!* ^^

[Cali]

Just wanted to let you know that I haven't neglected this promise.  I've been working constantly over the last week to write down as many arrangements as I can, and I will have the first 8-10 of them up for you shortly.

i am wating for that!! i know what the key letters  are, but i don't quite know were they go, maybe next ct con you could give me a quick lesson on fingering!! or when ever i see you next if i don't ask someone already before then ...

ahh don't mind me i just realized that i was typing um out loud!!! *grumbles something under her breath*

i tend to type out loud VENUS KNOWS! points LMFAO

~okey back on topic~