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Any piano players here?

I've been playing classical piano for about 10 years now, and jazz piano for about 3. It's THE best. *hugs piano*

I play piano. I play what I like most of the time. I just get melody sheets and play that. I usually play rootsy music: Tom Waits, Simon & Garfunkle, The Beatles.

The Beatles! *snogs Paul McCartney* Yesyes...it's always fun to play the Beatles. I love playing and singing along to 'Let It Be.' And of course 'Imagine'...which is one of the best songs of all time.

not very piano-y though, that was more so there would be music, not for the musicality. The words are all the strength in that song.

I use to play piano.
I regret stopping.

I play piano. I havn't been playing long, but it is pretty fun. I had the choice to stop, but I decided not to and I'm glad.

dosen't it seem like even if it was annoying while it lasted latter on in life you wish that you didn't quit. I can surley say the same for piano and tuba. It's easier to learn that stuff when your young, like scientificaly so.

I love the piano. Its a fascinating instrument. I'm completely self taught, and pretty good considering that fact. I can sit down in front of a piano for hours and just get totally wrapped up in all the possible chord inversions and voicings. I wish that I'd had lessons when I was young. Its definitely my favorite instrument, especially if you throw in electric pianos, Hammonds, and clavinets.

Definatly my story as well. Although I don't know if I'm the "pretty good" part. Its just alot of fun to sit down and mess around and see what comes out. I'm more of a guitar and bass player, but I can really enjoy any instrument. Anything I get my hands on I will attempt to play!

I stopped for about seven years, but last March I started taking again and love it more each day. It's never to late. :)

As an instrument the piano truly is a work of genius. Its really the only one where a good musician can play it solo for an hour and the listener won't be desperately wishing that another instrument would join in. Its self-sufficient!

That also means that its the best instrument for messing around with on your own, its got the rhythm, harmony and melody sections all rolled into one (bit of geek knowledge, its a percussion and a string instrument) and its so visual that you don't need to know any fancy chord shapes or finger-stop combinations, you just look at where the note is and hit it. Brilliant!

Having said all of that, I'm not entirely sure about the merits of the piano as a band instrument. In fact, playing in a band on the piano is almost an insult to its very nature as the parts have to be simplified so much just to fit in with the boring old guitar as it goes strum strum strum.