Piano

Any pianists here?

I'm a total beginner with total 15 minutes spent messing around with the instrument.
Any tips on how to start would be greatly appreciated :>

Start with one of those beginner books for kids.

Don't be phased by the fact it's on a 4-year old level. You will learn fingerings for common scales in a straightforward and easy way, and it'll make it easier to play real songs once you are finished with the kid book.

Also, practice with a metronome.

If you do these things for a few months you will have a very good foundation and then you can learn some pop songs or the king of carrot flowers lol

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Get a teacher. I know it sounds like a drag but its the best way to learn fast

this, when you get good, start learning a new song as much as possible. Also avoid synthesia videos; they are poison

piano player here. the best tip I can give you: play only what you like. forcing yourself to practice scales without having fun will bring you nothing in the long run, believe me.

so, if you want to learn to play piano, I guess there are some tunes or piano parts in tunes that you like. figure them out or look for the sheet music and practice them

if you want I can give you some hints on technique, too

>Also, practice with a metronome.
>Start with one of those beginner books for kids

so much bad advice, sorry

Will you please provide better advice

>metronome
I know nobody that practiced to a metronome and got better timing. the best case is that you sound like a machine. play with others to get better timing and if you play alone you don't need it. you won't get better in playing with others anyway. Some idiots might say that's not true, but I'm sure non of them is really musician

>beginner books
that's the kind of thinking that the human mind is like a machine. like when in a movie someone learns for an exam and you hear music playing while he studies and then it's done. it doesn't work that way. the key to getting good at something is following the path of your taste. that's btw also the only way to get something like personality and style. nobody likes the crap from practicing books for children and they should be banned forever. just look for stuff you like and look for something easier when it's too hard, maybe you have to look for something that consists only of a few notes. Bartok's microcosmos is a good example or clementi sonatinas

How else would someone learn the absolute basics without some kind of beginner method book? Did you come out of the womb knowing how to read sheet music?