Piano Answers

When you were 8 years old, your mom handed you an ice cream. You thanked her by yelling at her & telling her its the wrong kind.
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old she drove you all day,
from soccer to football to one birthday party after another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the car & never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you & your friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked her by not writing a single letter.
When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked..
When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car.
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17, she was expecting an important call.
You thanked her by being on the phone all night..
When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation.
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags.
You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, & she cried & told you how deeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country..
When you were 50, she fell & needed you to take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, she quietly died.
And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.
If you love your MOM, share this with others & make sure your mom is happy when you sleep tonight.
If you don’t… then u obviously don’t care if your mom dies.

I have been given a piece of sheet music, & am trying to learn it tonight (vocal). I would *like* to double check myself on the piano but I do not trust my piano skills & can’t find any web sites that will allow me to fill in the key signature & notes to have them play back to me. Anybody have anything?
I can’t download anything to my computer, either, or scan the music.

my composition…
My composition is called, “Come Back”, it is an acoustic instrumental in the key of A minor & has a time signature of 4/4 but also moves into rubato or “free time”.
I recorded myself playing the piece on the acoustic guitar with no other instruments.
“Anji”, a song by David Graham has heavily influenced this piece.
David Graham was a British guitarist & one of the most influential figures in the 1960’s British folk revival. He inspired many famous practitioners of the finger style acoustic guitar, such as, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, John Martyn, Paul Simon & Jimmy Page.
Graham is probably best-known for his acoustic instrumental, “Anji” which he wrote at the age of nineteen, & for his pioneering use of DADGAD tuning, which was later widely adopted by acoustic guitarists.
In the first section of my piece, the guitar strums through A minor chord, G note, F note and
E chord. This is repeated three times & the final time end with a broken chord sustained on E.
The second section of my composition is a fingerpick of the first part which is played twice in the time of 4/4 which keeps it in the same pace as the first section.
The third section of my composition is another fingerpick part which is a small stylized motif on the A minor chord, (which has a dynamic marking of piano) which highlights a technique known as a hammer on & pull off. This section is ended with a roll on the E chord which has a crescendo build up to forte.
The fourth section is a variation of the second section which is played twice, again in the time of 4/4.
The fifth section is a run on E Phrygian which reminds me of a Spanish flamenco dance piece in which rubato is used & shows great expression of intensity & suspense.
The rubato interpretation is used quite heavily throughout my piece, creating my own style of the flexible rhythm moving through the fusion of two different genres.
This follows with a short refrain on the E Phrygian, descending & continuing the same dynamic as the previous section.
The next two sections are exact repeats of sections two & three, this leads into another run on E Phrygian which is the same as section five.
The next section (eleven) introduces a new motif where there is use of double stops with an ascending semibreve movement. This kind of pattern would normally be played in a descending order but I chose to play the reverse as I thought it added to the Spanish (Phrygian) feel of the piece.
Keeping in line with my reversed motif, I decided to end my piece as it began, with the second section leading into the first & ending on a broken chord, sustained on A minor.
THANKS

and end up playing the song without having to read the notes. I do that & I don’t know if I should try & read the notes all the time or if its okay to memorize because sometimes i’ll be staring at the notes but i won’t be reading them i’ll just be playing from memory.

I’m very good at piano, but I never actually learned how to read piano music. I’ve been playing violin for five years, so I know how to read music for the violin. I know the difference between half steps & whole steps, etc., but need a little guidance. I’m a fast learner, & have always wanted to read piano music, so help?

I have no experience with music, & would want to learn how to read piano music sheets. What is the best & easiest way to start?

I want to find sites where I can read about people who are pianists & their stories of wanting to stop learning how to read music & play the piano but then they started getting the things that they thought they would never get such as memorizing the treble & bass clefs or being able to walk over to the piano & have sheet music on the piano rack & just start playing the piano with making no mistakes.