I have an autistic 11 yr old which also has ADHD. He's just so so good at music and remembers exactly all the tones and notes in every song without hearing it many times. I'm really surprised how he can remember. Yet he's not good at paying attention during class because of attention deficit. What can I do to get him to use his impressive music memory in something useful?

I'm a big fan of Open Studio and their content, but is there anything out there on par with them for learning gospel piano?

I work in music and really want to be better at percussion like hand drums and aux perc. Any great online resources to learn a variety of these instruments and how to play them well?

Can we share links to mixes here so we get some feedback?

Hi,

I started playing drums at the beginning of the year.

Before that, I already took piano lessons (for 10 years, but a long time ago, I lost a lot), African percussion (djembe and dununs for a few years) and I strum my guitar a little (self-taught , simple accompaniments for songs).

I love this new instrument and really want to progress. I worked on Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lonely Day by SOAD. Currently I'm trying Toto's Stop Loving You. This piece seems to me to be a little higher level, technically more difficult to put together (but so stylish, I love it).

I feel that I have difficulties with my left hand: it is less precise, I am less comfortable, I have difficulty with hand/stick coordination on this side (for example for rebounds etc.) .

Do you have any advice to give me to improve on this point?

Thank you all 😉

Suggestion of stylish songs for beginners on the drums

Hi!

I started taking drum lessons at the beginning of the year. Previously, I already played guitar (self-taught, singing accompaniment), piano (lessons for about 10 years, but a long time ago) and African percussion (djembe and dununs) in a small group for a few years.

Do you have any suggestions for songs I could try on drums?

I've already covered "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Lonely Day" by System Of A Down (which I loved).

Currently I'm working on a Toto song, "Stop Loving You". I have the impression that it is more technical, more subtle. I love her so much.

And what do you play?

If you have ideas for titles that are accessible and fun to play, I'm interested.

I'm having a great time learning this new instrument and hope to progress quickly.

Thank you, and have a nice day everyone

I've been throwing myself at FL Studio and a couple youtube videos and such to try and figure out how to crack making music, I wanna experiment with genres but ultimately I hardly know where to start, could someone help point me in the right direction?

I want to teach myself how to play the piano. What’s a good keyboard to start? I think I’d prefer something that can show me what keys to press etc.

How does this guy make such deep and atmospheric voice chops? Where can I find such acapellas? What techniques does he use? Any tips and advice on this topic would be appreciated. It might seem like a very specific genre, but I love it so much. It's just ambient/shoegaze music, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R2HGIhnRRc

I want to play complex polyphonic fugues and I just started playing the keyboard about two months ago. How do I learn hand independence (among other necessary things)? Also, I can’t read sheet music (fast enough to play and read simultaneously). There are probably many other deficiencies that I should expose here, but I’ll save you the time and say I’m a beginner. No music background, no knowledge of music theory, nothing.

Hi guys, I want to make a game that teaches the Nashville Number System.
(Where each note or chord is assigned a number and you can transpose very easily once you are familiar with how many sharps are in each key.)

It would have a short but engaging storyline, to make you feel like you have purpose behind practicing. I can also build it to actually listen to your playing! Towards the end of the game you will play notes, chords or songs with your own instrument. It would even teach you the relationship between notes in the scale and have you play your own song to progress to the end of the story! The instantaneous feedback loop is super valuable for my own playing/learning and helps me stay focused.

I am a little nervous people will actually want to play a game which might cost a couple dollars vs just using YouTube.

What you guys think! Would you guys mind answering a poll to help me? Or if you have more you want to say please respond!!!

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When I was at work this guy came in with a guitar. I asked him if he could recommend me one to learn rock music and he told me to get a Squier. He said another word but I forgot what it was. He told they're about $200. What could the other word have been?

I really like music. My dad's a musician, so I've always had access to instruments and stuff, and I've been fucking around as long as I can remember. When I was maybe 12 or 13? I got a DAW, and started actually trying to make music.

I'm 18 now, and I still suck. Nothing I make is original or interesting. It's absolutely not inspired. Sometimes I'll feel inspired and make a new project, but I'll forget all the inspiration in a couple hours and not know where to go with it. I have hundreds, genuinely hundreds, of projects saved on my drive, but there are maybe 3 that are even close to finished. Even if they are close to finished, they sound like shit, just a level of shit I find decent enough to continue.

Idk, should I just give up? How tf do I make music if I have 0 creativity :(

I practised violin about two years and then quit.It's been two years since then.I want to start again.Today I tried to play again but then realized i don't remember anything.Should i redo the whole process of learning or after a few session in the class it'll get better?

https://youtu.be/2RItNUO_5MU?feature=shared

Grade 5 uploading now!

Hello! <I did read rule 3 so hope this is allowed>

Someone I know has made a free app which will read sheet music in pdf/jpg/png and it colours the notes in (pic shows output) to help make reading it easier, for anyone who struggles with this. I wondered how helpful this is to someone learning music? Do you think it's good or will it make learning to read black and white music harder in the long run?

The app is called vibranote if anyone is interested.

Title edit- I'm not that long a player

I've been playing the violin for around 7 years now, but I've never been that consistent about practice so I'm more around the level you might expect of someone playing for half the time. I've become more serious about playing recently. I have always been good at picking up thing by ear, and that is the only way I am able to play (will elaborate). I am going to a music camp this summer and you are not allowed to have devices, and if I'm asked to sight read I'm doomed. I don't think I do not have a sense of rhythm, but for some reason the notes on the page don't translate that well to me. It's so, so frustrating because at my level I should be able to grasp basic grasp basic rhythms, but whenever I have to count notes or I'm asked to sight sing I just can't do it. I can think a little bit in rhythm, but when I play I can't think at the same time. Does anyone have any tips for how I might be able to become better here? It's been a struggle for almost all of my life that I can remember and I am so fed up.

hey all, im trying to learn all the ways to go between two different progressions. ive listed many above but im sure theres more, for example i remember watching a tutorial where someone said something about a "boom" transition (but called it a different name, i sadly cant recall). regardless, what other methods do you recommend?
what other ways are there to transition parts besides snare
rolls, rhythm changes, fades ins / outs, drum fills, sfx, risers,
fallers, build ups and silence?

to preface i am an absolute beginner and am not at all naturally musically inclined - i have never taken a class outside of the mandatory ones in elementary school or even so much as held an instrument, but i have always been a huge vocaloid fan and im really trying to get into making music starting with vocaloid songs/covers as a hobby!

with that being said, im not sure how to properly word this question as i dont know the difference between things like pitch, chords, notes, key etc, but im going to try my best -- when making vocal covers specifically, is there a way to figure out they key/notes of a vocal?

as in, how do i know where the notes of the song are supposed to be, in relation to the keyboard on the left? ive been trying to move around the notes and just sort of wing it by ear until it sounds "correct" (as in, my recreated vocals sound similar to the original song's), but that takes entirely too long and i have to do that for each "piece" of the song. i just feel like there has got to be an easier way to figure out how the vocals are "supposed" to sound, if that makes any sense.

i have tried using online midi converters, but of the few i have tried, the midis they spit out have notes that are all over the place (they end up looking like this) - this is the result i get even after i try to isolate the vocals in audacity (admittedly i can never get them fully isolated, so the instrumentals are still there, just very faint)

any and all tips at all would be super appreciated!! also i've posted this question in a few different subs as i'm not sure where this should go honestly. please feel free to point me in the direction of a better sub if need be! thank you in advance! :+)

hey so I've never played an instrument before or really done any professional music lessons apart from the ones I did in primary (elementary school) and I really want to start playing one as I really enjoy music. I want to see if I like playing instruments before deciding if I want to pursue it as a career or a hobby.

my favourite instruments are the violin, piano, harp and flute. I'd really like to practice one of these instruments but im REALLY usure of which one I'd like to do. I'd like to play an orchestra related instrument first.

for example I really like Tchaikovsky's metamorphosis string orchestra from swan lake and another example would be la petite fille de la mer by Vangelis

Hi, I don't play my instrument for that long time, I'm just now playing pieces that use the 3rd octave and a looooot of eighth notes, but you see, I have this problem where, suddenly, in the middle of the music, I stop playing while looking at the sheets, like my eyes get blurry or unfocused or purpose. I don't know why that happens, but everytime it does happen, it goes fine for like 2 measures until it all jumbles up and I can't keep up with the music anymore. It mostly happens when I need to play 3rd octave notes, or a lot of eight notes in a fast pace. Is this normal? Is there a fix somehow?